A capacity building training course for networks of HIV-infected women to improve the voice, status and capacity of women living with HIV was held in Hanoi on November 9.

Ambassador of Sri Lanka to Vietnam Prasanna Gamage on November 9 handed VND66.5 million (US$2,860) donated by Sri Lanka people living in Vietnam to support flood-hit people in the central region.

The United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Will to Live Center and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam jointly launched a digital employment training program for persons with disabilities co-existing with COVID-19, through which students will develop digital skills to be able to take up digital employment opportunities.

The 14th National Assembly will continue question & answer (Q&A) sessions on issues related to the implementation of its resolutions on thematic supervision and Q&A during the 14th tenure and several resolutions of the 13th legislature, during the week from November 9 to 13.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN People’s Forum (APF) 2020 came to an end on November 7 after sitting for three days, with two plenary sessions and 24 workshops being held to cover 11 different topics.

The United Nations Resident Coordinator and the Country Director of Save the Children on behalf of the Disaster Management Group have issued the 2020 Vietnam flood response plan to raise US$40 million to provide assistance for 177,000 of the most vulnerable flood-affected people hard hit in the central region.

VOV.VN - The Mong comprise more than half of the population of the popular resort town of Sa Pa in northern Vietnam. They belong to different Mong branches, but all wear indigo clothing.

VOV.VN - Helicopters are set to be deployed to drop daily necessities in Phuoc Thanh and Phuoc Loc communes of Quang Nam province, where approximately 3,000 local residents have been left cut off by flooding and landslides in recent days.

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 Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the UN, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, held a fundraising event on October 27 to support flood-hit people in the central region of Vietnam.