The 16th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS 16), the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS 8) and related meetings will be held in Hanoi from October 13-17, announced at a press briefing on October 9.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son on October 9 signed a decision establishing the Vietnam Sub-Committee under the Joint Committee of the Vietnam–Cuba Trade Agreement.

Product identification and traceability remain the two pillars of modern market management, Tran Huu Linh, Director General of the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at a conference on October 9 on enhancing the value of Vietnamese products.

VOV.VN - Addressing a high-level session as part of the Global Gateway Forum in Brussels on October 9, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son called on the international community to pursue strategic adaptation and inclusive multilateralism in response to a rapidly evolving and unpredictable global environment.

The foreign ministries of Laos and Vietnam will continue to effectively implement their cooperation agreement, the joint action programme on economic diplomacy, and other bilateral mechanisms to further strengthen ties across fields, a Vietnamese diplomat said.

A delegation from Laos' Oudomxay province led by Deputy Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Governor Vongsavanh Saynhavong paid a working visit to Dien Bien province on October 9 to exchange experience in operating the two-tier local administration model.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to play host to an international forum on October 21 to connect European technological strengths with Vietnam’s digital future.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Thailand have demonstrated their shared determination to promote deeper and more substantive cooperation across various fields.

Party General Secretary To Lam and his entourage visited Kyongsang kindergarten and a classroom named after President Ho Chi Minh on October 9 (local time), as part of their ongoing state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

VOV.VN - Vietnam secured a comfortable 3-1 victory over Nepal in their 2027 Asian Cup qualifying match on the evening of October 9 at Go Dau Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City.