VOV.VN - The executive board of the Venezuela-Vietnam Friendship Association made its debut during a ceremony held on October 22 in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, with the group marking the upcoming 31st anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties on December 18.

Viet Van Tran, a photographer from the Lao Dong newspaper, has been selected to join others of a free-to-enter online Salon of Photography, entitled “The Connected World: 2020” capturing moments of time in the US and around the world this year.

VOV.VN - Doctors at Viet Duc Hospital successfully performed their 1000th kidney transplant, with a 49-year old patient in Hanoi being the recipient of the landmark operation.

VOV.VN - The seventh version of the Ao Dai Festival, aimed at celebrating the nation’s traditional long dress, kicked off on October 11 at the Vietnam History Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, with plenty of local residents and tourists in attendance.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Germany recently held a friendly golf tournament to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the Vietnam-Germany diplomatic relations.

Thirty biggest tax payers over the past three decades were honoured with certificates of merit during a ceremony in Hanoi on October 5.

Masan MEATLife, a subsidiary of Masan Group, commissioned the VND1.8 trillion (US$77.6 million) MEATDeli Saigon Meat Processing Complex in the Mekong delta province of Long An on October 3.

VOV.VN - Work started on October 3 to construct the Kosy Bac Lieu wind power plant project in Hoa Binh district of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

Made-in-Vietnam test kits used at the country's airports can detect pathogenic viruses at the time of testing and confirm whether the passengers are infected or not.

Some foreign travel agencies are waiting for the reopening of national borders to prepare detailed plans to bring tourists to Vietnam.