Telecom and internet service providers in Vietnam have been requested to block the messaging app Telegram using technical measures, the Vietnam Telecommunications Authority (VNTA) have announced.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked relevant ministries, agencies and localities, especially those in the central region, to work out response plans to cope with typhoon Trami that entered the East on October 24 and is heading for the mainland of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leaders have sent congratulatory messages to Germany leaders on the 33rd National Day of Germany (German Unity Day or Tag der Deutschen Einheit) on October 3.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an urgent telegram requiring that ministries, sectors, and localities focus resources on dealing with the consequences of floods and heavy rain, and coping with, storm Nangka, the seventh storm this year, and tropical depressions.