Vietnamese families living in Brussels and surrounding areas gathered in the Belgian capital city on October 10 for the annual Vietnam Family Day, which is intended to strengthen the bonds among the Vietnamese community in the European country.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has expressed his wish that Vietnam and Indonesia will work towards mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates to facilitate travel by Vietnamese and Indonesian citizens when conditions permit.

VOV.VN - The upcoming qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup between Vietnam and Oman will see the attendance of approximately 15,000 spectators, according to details given by the Oman Football Association (OFA).

VOV.VN - The nation has joined with Singapore to strengthen co-ordination in ensuring network security, combating cybercrime, especially joint exercises, in order to protect the network system, along with responding to and dealing with network security incidents.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien has expressed his elation at seeing relations between the two countries consolidated and developed, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s push to enhance competitiveness, reduce its carbon footprint, and improve lives and livelihoods has been given a boost with the approval of an AUD5 million granted by the Australian government.

Leading technology company FPT Corporation reported a 20.9% year-on-year increase in pre-tax profits to VND2,936 billion (US$127.7 million) in the first half of this year on a turnover of VND16,228 billion (US$705.6 million), up 19.2%.

VOV.VN - A recent ministerial conference has adopted the Vietnam-Australia enhanced economic engagement strategy for 2021-2025 which is now being submitted to the two governments for approval.

VOV.VN - The Mirae Asset Financial Group of the Republic of Korea has forecast the Vietnamese economy is likely to expand 4% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 2.3% for the whole year after suffering a contraction of 6.17% in the third quarter due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on October 9 met voters in Hanoi’s districts of Ba Dinh, Dong Da and Hai Ba Trung, both online and offline, in preparation for the second session of the 15th National Assembly.