VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam has called on countries and organisations to adopt new thinking and new approaches to global challenges, in response to the United Nations Summit of the Future Global Call.

The launch ceremony for the Malaysian Cuisine and Cultural Week, titled "Taste of Malaysia," took place at the Hanoi Daewoo Hotel on September 12. This event is part of the celebrations for Malaysia's Independence Day (August 31) and Malaysia Day (September 16).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh proposed five priority areas for cooperation between Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) to leverage the complementary strengths of the two economies at the ninth Belt and Road Summit on September 11-12.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man on September 12 led a delegation to the northern province of Thai Nguyen to inspect the situation and direct activities to overcome consequences of super Typhoon Yagi and subsequent floods.

A delegation of the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA), led by its Standing Chairman Nguyen Duc Loi, paid a courtesy call to Lao Deputy Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Vansy Kuamua, as part of its working trip to the neighbouring country from September 9-13.

A helicopter of Regiment 916 of the Air Defence-Air Force Service's Air Division 371 took off at Hoa Lac Airport in Hanoi September 12 to carry out rescue missions and transport essential supplies to flood-affected areas in Nguyen Binh district, of the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President To Lam on September 12 made a field trip to northern Tuyen Quang province which recently experienced dike breaches, to inspect flood and storm prevention efforts and to visit people severely affected by Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has received a request for anti-dumping and anti-subsidy probe into corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from 10 countries, including Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam (TRAV).

VOV.VN - Water levels of the Red River have risen over the past two days, forcing residents of Phuc Tan and Chuong Duong wards in Tay Ho district of Hanoi to travel around by boat.

The tourism sectors of Quang Nam, Da Nang, and Thua Thien-Hue collaborated to organise a programme in Melbourne, Australia, on August 11 to introduce tourism destinations in the central provinces.