The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.

VOV.VN - Model and freelance actor Nguyen Xuan Thang, a former hot boy of Hanoi University of Science and Technology, has surpassed 12 other opponents to be named the winner of the Next Gentlemen 2024 contest.

The Foreign Trade University (FTU) organised the seventh Forum on Internationalisation in Higher Education (FIHE7) in Hanoi on November 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese representatives Thanh Thuy and Ky Duyen left Ho Chi Minh City on October 28 for Japan and Mexico as they head to compete for titles at the Miss International and Miss Universe pageants.

VOV.VN - Da Nang’s Department of Tourism, in co-operation with Vietjet Air, welcomed Miss Universe India Rhea Singha to attend a ceremony to open the new Da Nang-Ahmedabad (India) air route and to promote Vietnamese tourism.

VOV.VN - The National Economics University (NEU) and its 15 training programmes received a certificate from Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA)on October 24 for meeting its educational institution quality standards.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, the winner of Miss Universe Vietnam 2024, will go on to represent the country at the upcoming Miss Universe pageant, due to take place in Mexico on November 14.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on October 17 met with the Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, attended a workshop of the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute Conference, and visited the University of Adelaide as part of his four-day visit to Australia at the invitation Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong.

VOV.VN - French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet on October 14 awarded the Order of Academic Palms to Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Tu, rector of Hanoi Medical University, on behalf of the French Government.

The Vietnamese Student Association in Singapore held its first-ever “V-Challenge 2024: Intellectual Arena” at Curtin University, drawing a large number of Vietnamese students in the country.