The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) organised a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 9 to launch the Capacity Building for Sustainable and Low-Carbon Rice Innovations in Southeast Asia (CABIN) project.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Daejin International Volunteers Association (DIVA) has presented VND1 billion (over US$40,200) in international emergency aid to 15 households in the northern province of Lang Son suffering damage from Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - Every year during the flood season, many households in Hong Ngu district of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap launch tours, welcoming domestic and international visitors to explore the daily life of local people.

The sports association of the Vietnam People’s Police Force and the Vietnam – Japan international exchange organisation (FAVIJA) will build sport cooperation programmes under a Memorandum of Understanding recently signed between the two sides in Japan.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Wallonie-Brussels Delegation to Vietnam, organized an international workshop titled “Cooperation for Peace and Development in Boundaries and Seas” in Hanoi on October 8.

Wilmar CLV (Cambodia - Laos - Vietnam), a member company of Wilmar International Limited from Singapore, has donated VND7 billion (US$281,803) in cash and supplies to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of the northern province of Quang Ninh to support people hit by Typhoon Yagi and forces engaging in search and rescue activities.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc attended the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC) in Germany from October 7-8, and held bilateral working sessions there.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representative Pham Thi Anh Vuong has finished among the Top 10 of the Miss Asia Pacific International 2024 beauty pageant, which concluded in the Philippines on October 7.

Vietjet and CFM International have reaffirmed the commitment for the supply of more than 400 LEAP-1B engines and technical engine services to power the airline’s narrow-body fleet, with estimated total value at US$8 billion.

There were 1.27 million international visitors to Vietnam in September, according to the latest report from the General Statistics Office.