With in excess of 200 entries submitted, 40 scientific and technological inventions and applications from Vietnamese scientists and businesses were recognised at the annual awards ceremony held by the Vietnam Fund for Supporting Technological Creations (VIFOTEC) in Hanoi on October 21.

VOV.VN - The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is poised to provide at least US$100,000 in emergency relief to Vietnam’s central region which has suffered huge losses caused by floods and landslides during the past two weeks.

The National Assembly (NA)’s Standing Committee has adopted a resolution on additional funding for the purchase of rice to refill the national stockpile.

VOV.VN - The first train for the Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station, Hanoi’s second metro line, is expected to arrive in Hai Phong port on October 18, six days ahead of schedule.

The SSIAM Asset Management Company Limited (SSIAM) and its partners, the Charoen Pokphand Group’s CT Bright (CTB) and Japan’s Mercuria Investment Co. Ltd (MIC), held an online signing ceremony on October 14 to establish the Vietnam Growth Investment Fund (VGIF).

About 6,000 families in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak will benefit from a Green Climate Fund (GCF)-funded project on boosting farmers’ resilience amid water insecurity caused by climate change.

VOV.VN - The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue to effectively carry out a range of projects through the Japanese Government’s ODA despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc gave a reception for Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam Andrew Jeffries in Hanoi on September 17, during which he expressed his hope that Jeffries will further promote the Vietnam-ADB partnership.

A group of Vietnamese alumni living in Sydney, Australia joined a 21.5km-long walk to raise fund for poor Vietnamese children with a total amount of over VND300 million (US$13,000).

Deputy Foreign Minister of Laos Thongphane Savanphet has spoken highly of Vietnam’s organisation of the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting (AMM 53) and related meetings, saying despite their virtual form, all discussions took place frankly.