The International Day of the Girl Child 2023 will focus on promoting gender equality to reduce sex imbalance at birth, thus raising public awareness of child protection and care, according to the Ministry of Health’s General Office For Population and Family Planning.

The VietShrimp Aquaculture International Fair 2024, themed “In company with shrimp farmers”, will take place in the southernmost province of Ca Mau from March 20-22, heard a local press conference held on October 4.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Thien Kha, a Vietnamese representative at Mister Cosmopolitan 2023, has unveiled his outfit for the national costume segment of the global male pageant which is getting underway in Malaysia.

The “Tremplin pour le Vietnam” (Springboard to Vietnam) project - a collaboration between France's Paul-Valery Montpellier III University and the University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) - Vietnam National University, Hanoi, has affirmed its role as a bridge to connect French young people with Vietnamese culture and language.

VOV.VN - The first group of contestants arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on October 3 ahead of the launch of the Miss Grand International 2023 beauty pageant.

VOV.VN - Police operating in Da Nang said on October 3 that they arrested a Thai passenger who was carrying 20 iPhones 15 Pro Max from Bangkok into the central city without declaring them.

VOV.VN - Photographer Cao Ky Nhan has been named as the winner of the Open-Built Environment competition at the Epson International Pano Awards 2023 for his image titled "Vortex of ducks", which was taken at Tra O lagoon in the southcentral province of Binh Dinh.

VOV.VN - Budget carrier VietjetAir has opened five new international routes, including Hanoi-Hong Kong (China), Phu Quoc-Taipei (China) and Busan of the Republic of Korea, and Ho Chi Minh City- Adelaide and Perth of Australia in a bid to fully meet passengers’ travel demands.

VOV.VN - The qualifying rounds of two international billiards competitions, the Peri ̣̣9-ball Open Championship and the Hanoi Open Championship, opened on October 2 in the capital.

VOV.VN - China Southern Airlines has re-operated its air route connecting China’s Guangzhou province and Cam Ranh in Khanh Hoa province, a major tourist destination in central Vietnam, since the COVID-19 pandemic was brought under control.