The National Fund for Vietnamese Children on October 21 received more than VND11 billion (US$483,727) from different donors in aid of children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits and related summits via online platforms on October 26 – 28 at the invitation of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam – Chair of ASEAN 2021.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Phuong Tra, deputy permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has welcomed the formation of a new government in Lebanon, expressing hope that it will strive to redouble efforts to conduct necessary reforms in an effort to bring the country out of the current crisis.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to submit a brief report on the Oc Eo - Ba The relic site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, proposing putting the site on the Tentative List.

VOV.VN - Film project “If Wood Could Cry, It Would Cry Blood” directed by Nguyen Phan Linh Dan has won the ArteKino International Award at the Asian Project Market (APM) as part of the ongoing 26th Busan International Film Festival 2021.

VOV.VN - The nation shares the difficulties facing small developing island states, coastal countries, and those located below the sea level that are currently grappling with the adverse range of negative impacts caused by the climate change phenomenon.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese movie “Kieu”, a new film based on the 18th-century Vietnamese epic poem “Truyen Kieu” known as “The Tale of Kieu” in English has been selected to participate in the upcoming Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF).

Vietnam’s master plan on developing domestic seaport network over the next 10 years, with a vision to 2050, will focus on the development of six major port clusters, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has said.

A social network campaign called “Plastic-19 Lockdown Challenge” was launched by UNESCO and the Centre for Supporting Green Development (GreenHub) on October 15 to inspire the community to reduce the use of plastics.

VOV.VN - Do Ha, the Vietnamese representative at Miss World 2021, has released an outline of the outfit she will wear during the upcoming “Dances of the World” segment at the international beauty pageant which will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in December.