VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai and Uruguayan Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations Carolina Ache Batlle co-chaired the second meeting of the Vietnam-Uruguay Joint Committee on October 21 to discuss economic, trade, and investment co-operation.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented ambassadorial appointment decisions on October 21 at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi to eight diplomats for the 2021 to 2024 term, detailing their tasks in Europe, Southern Europe, and Central Asia.

This year’s socio-economic issues, the development plan for 2022, and two draft laws are high on the agenda of the second working day of the 15th National Assembly (NA)’s second session on October 21.

The National Fund for Vietnamese Children has provided VND7.78 billion (US$342,572) to children orphaned by COVID-19 and offered aid of over VND7 billion (US$308,263) in cash and kind to 12,800 others affected by the pandemic.

VOV.VN - Long Bien wholesale market in the capital resumed services from 00:00 a.m. on October 21 following more than two months of hiatus as part of efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

The loosening of social distancing measures and increasing global demand have opened up great opportunities for Vietnamese rice exporters, according to experts.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese travel operators have revealed that tens of thousands of Russian tourists have booked tours to travel to the nation, according to Vietnamese news website Zing news.

VOV.VN - In the context of an unfeasible zero COVID-19 strategy, living with the virus is considered to be the long-term future, meaning there must be a recovery scheme with higher, stronger, and even non-traditional solutions to bring the national economy out of the current tough situation.

Localities with high vaccination rates may consider stopping the "three-on-the-spot" production model, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on October 20.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed for issuance a resolution of the NA Standing Committee on a number of solutions to support businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the resolution took effect on October 19.