Vietnam has made considerable progress in promoting gender equality over the past years, and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) has been applying itself to this work, said VWU Vice President Nguyen Thi Minh Huong.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has instructed relevant ministries, sectors, and energy corporations to immediately introduce solutions to ensure that there will definitely be no power shortages in 2025 and beyond.

The Vietnam Football Association in Korea (VFAK) has signed a 10-year cooperation agreement with the Daejeon-based IC Food company to foster football development among Vietnamese expatriates.

VOV.VN - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Vietnam will assist the central province of Thua Thien-Hue with biodiversity conservation and sustainable development under a cooperation document signed on October 18.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tran Thanh Man, President of the National Assembly of Laos Saysomphone Phomvihane, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Cambodia Khuon Sudary held a working breakfast in the capital Vientiane on October 18 ahead of the opening of the 45th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-45).

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, met with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi on October 17, suggesting the organisation share knowledge about sustainable development.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese diplomat on October 17 called for additional budget to be allocated for development issues, at a meeting of the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly that deals with the UN administrative and budgetary matters.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Thanh Long has signed a decision approving the sports development strategy until 2030 with a vision to 2050, with an aim to promote the sector in a sustainable and professional direction.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been, is, and will continue to consult with both Laos and Cambodia as part of efforts step up extensive, substantive, and effective co-operation between the three countries, in line with development requirements in the new period, for the benefit of their peoples, for the ASEAN Community, for peace, for co-operation, and for greater development in the region.

VOV.VN - Pang Te Cheng, the consul general of Singapore in Ho Chi Minh City, expressed his hope that the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau will create the optimal conditions for Singaporean firms to invest in the fields of logistics and energy, especially in the wind power development.