The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines operated five flights on October 5 to transport close to 1,000 medical workers and medical students back to Hanoi after they completed their mission in assisting the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Cham Brahman ethnic people in the south central province of Binh Thuan are celebrating their yearly Kate Festival from October 4-6.

VOV.VN - The country recorded an additional 4,363 COVID-19 infections across 42 localities nationwide, a drop of 1,022 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its October 5 update.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of the southern province of Khanh Hoa said on October 5 that it has submitted a detailed pilot scheme aimed at welcoming foreign visitors with a vaccine passports to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for approval.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese photographer Vu Manh Cuong won an honourable mention at the 2021 Nature Conservancy Photo Contest for submitting image featuring a boat floating on a lotus pond.

VOV.VN - Socio-economic development issues in the 2021 to 2022 period were mentioned in the opening speech by the Party chief at the 13th Party Central Committee’s fourth plenum, with the event putting forward a message on the process of economic recovery and development in the new normal.

VOV.VN - Oxfam in Vietnam, a non-governmental organisation, along with the Embassies of New Zealand and Switzerland, announced on October 5 a humanitarian aid package worth approximately US$57,000 to help migrant workers in Ho Chi Minh City get over difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Residents in Ho Chi Minh City are advised to stay vigilant in pandemic prevention and control when enterprises and business and production facilities began resuming operations from October 1 after a long suspension due to COVID-19.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC)’s Central Committee on October 4 received US$200,000 donated by Lee’s Sandwiches, a Vietnamese-American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the US, to aid Ho Chi Minh City’s COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - The US Cable News Network (CNN) and business magazine Forbes have published a recent article on the official commercial operation of a US$155 million wind farm project in the nation which is a joint venture between AC Energy of the Philippines and Hanoi-based BIM Group.