During his working trip from September 30 to October 7, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam will attend the 19th Francophonie Summit in France and pay an official visit to the European country at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron.

The official visit to France by Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his attendance at the 19th Francophonie Summit demonstrate Vietnam's strong bonds with the Francophone community and affirm that the country attaches importance to bilateral relations with the European country, said French Ambassdor to Vietnam Olivier Brochet.

Vietnamese organisations and associations in the UK have raised funds worth GBP61,367 (US$82,132) to support people who were affected by Typhoon Yagi in Vietnam’s northern provinces early this month.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam made a call at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Havana on September 26 as part of his ongoing state visit to Cuba, where he met with staff members of the Embassy and representatives from the Vietnamese community in the Caribbean state.

Vietnam is committed to further advancing initiatives aimed at strengthening the connectivity within the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) and fostering deeper cohesion and understanding in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, a Vietnamese official stated.

The Vietnamese community in Australia has contributed a total of around VND5 billion (US$203,300) in support of people affected by natural resources, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam has released.

A delegation of the Vietnamese community in Laos on September 19-20 visited Luang Namtha province in northern Laos that suffered heaviest devastation from Typhoon Yagi.

With its indigenous culture formed by friendly and generous people, natural landscape and areas of lush gardens, the Mekong Delta region boasts great potential and a good foundation to develop community-based tourism.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe and the Vietnamese Association in the European nation, has organised a relief mission to three regions severely affected by the country’s worst floods in the past ten decades.

VOV.VN - UNICEF has provided water supplies to government partners for distribution to households, hospitals, health facilities and schools in three of the most impacted provinces by typhoon Yagi in Vietnam, said UNICEF Vietnam Representative Silvia Danailov.