VOV.VN - The UK government has decided to donate GBP500,000 (US$650,500) for Vietnam to support flood-hit victims in the central region.

VOV.VN - Approximately 300 Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian students participated in a cultural exchange at the Ao Dai Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on November 1.

VOV.VN - Approximately 5,000 runners from 21 countries worldwide participated in the LongBien Marathon 2020 in the Viet Hung urban area of Hanoi on November 1, aiming to raise funds for flood victims in the central region.

VOV.VN - Sniffer dogs from the Ministry of National Defence have been mobilised to join a mass search and rescue operation for 12 missing victims at a landslide site in Tra Leng commune of Nam Tra My district in Quang Nam province.

Vietnamese Embassies in Malaysia and the United Kingdom and local Vietnamese societies there have been busy over the last several days raising funds for flood-stricken people in the central region.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) Central Committee on October 26 launched a text message campaign to call for public support for flood victims in the central region.

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 - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked relevant units to swiftly mobilise all forces in a bid to overcome the aftermath of the severe flooding and landslides which have hit the central localities, and stabilise the lives of local people.

VOV.VN - The organisers of the Miss Vietnam pageant have raised funds worth up to VND10 billion, with beauty queens from past and present versions of the contest directly handing over relief to flood victims.

VOV.VN - A number of beauty queens arrived in Hue city, central Vietnam, on October 21 with the organisers of the Miss Vietnam pageant in order to present gifts to flood victims in the region.