VOV.VN - The 15th South China Sea International Conference themed “Luminate the Grey, Light Up the Green”, jointly organized by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and partner agencies, opened on October 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - An exhibition displaying maps and documentaries that assert Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened on October 24 in Nui Thanh district of the central province of Quang Nam.

VOV.VN - The 47th national track-and-field tournament will take place at Mieu Mon National Military Training Centre on the outskirts of Hanoi from October 24-28.

VOV.VN - China always considers Vietnam a priority direction in its foreign policy, Chinese Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping told Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong during their meeting in Beijing on October 20.

VOV.VN - The national ice skating championships opened at Vincom Ice Rink Royal City in Hanoi on October 20.

VOV.VN - A cold air wave is moving closer to northern border provinces of Vietnam while tropical storm Sanba is changing its course and is likely to lose strength into a tropical depression.

VOV.VN - Foreign rescue forces on board a helicopter and a vessel have been working alongside their colleagues of the Vietnam Coast Guard to search for 13 missing Vietnamese fishermen whose two boats sank in rough waters off the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands in the East Sea.

President Vo Van Thuong met with Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) of China Zhao Leji in Beijing on October 17, the first day of his trip to China to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF).

The Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held their first-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed the importance Vietnam attaches to its comprehensive strategic partnership with India, and rejoiced at the strong development of bilateral ties over the past time, while receiving Indian Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar in Hanoi on October 16.