VOV.VN - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent a letter extending sympathy to Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc over huge human and property losses caused by recent severe flooding in central Vietnam.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsavanh Phomvihane co-chaired their fifth political consultation via a video conference on October 29.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 29 ordered competent ministries, sectors, and localities to take stronger actions to speed up the disbursement of official development assistance (ODA) and foreign loans for 2020, as disbursement remains at a critically-low level.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and a working group of the front steering committee visited Thang Binh district, Quang Nam province to give assessment of damage caused by typhoon Molave as soon as it dissipated on October 28 afternoon.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy has issued an indictment prosecuting former transport officials and their accomplices involving in the case of Dinh Ngoc He (alias “Ut troc”), who appropriated over VND725 billion (US$31.3 million) from toll collection on the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on October 26 received representatives from UN agencies and international organisations that have supported flood victims in the central region.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Molave, the ninth storm of the year, is moving fast towards the central provinces spanning from Da Nang to Phu Yen and is anticipated to become stronger with the wind force gusting up to 13-14 category near its eye, according to the National Centre of Hydro-meteorological and Forecasting (NCHF).

VOV.VN - The nation is currently among the top four countries in terms of the best quality HIV/AIDS treatment in the world, along with the UK, Germany, and Switzerland, Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has said, citing data from a report on the Law on amendments and supplements to articles of the Law on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has thanked Malaysia for its support and coordination in arranging repatriation flights bringing Vietnamese citizens home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Localities should be vigilant about the path of typhoon Saudel, the eighth storm to hit the East Sea this year, and make thorough preparations in order to cope with the weather event ahead of it making landfall in the central region, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung told a meeting held on October 21 in Hanoi.