VOV.VN - Vietnam will lag behind its international peers unless the transformation process is hastened amid a rapidly progressing global context, warned Party General Secretary To Lam during a recent meeting with ranking officials to be nominated to the Party Central Committee of the new term.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam received President of the Vietnam Australia Innovation Network (NIC AU) Dr Tran Phi Vu at the embassy’s headquarters in Canberra on October 31.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 31 hailed labour partnership between Vietnam and Qatar as a traditional area of cooperation that leaders of the two countries have paid much attention to and the two sides can supplement each other.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to receive Qatar’s assistance in energy development for the sake of national energy security, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy Affairs in Doha on October 31.

VOV.VN - Localities in central Vietnam that have been struggling against flooding due to the impact of tropical storm Trami are likely to brace themselves for a long spell of heavy rain in the coming days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Centre (NCHMF).

Chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association (JVFA) of Miyagi prefecture Kamada Atsushi handed over JPY1 million (nearly US$6,600) in cash donated by the Japanese locality’s residents to support Vietnamese people in overcoming the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi, to the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on October 31.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) hosted a ceremony on October 31 to celebrate the 106th anniversary of Independence Day of the Czech Republic (October 28, 1918 - October 28, 2024).

The 2024 International Exhibition for Integrated Circuit and Semiconductor Industry (SEMICON VIETNAM), the first of its kind in the country, was opened in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31.

General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) and Deputy Minister of National Defence, on October 31 received heads of ASEAN delegations who attended the first ASEAN Military Intelligence Community Leaders' Conference (AMICLC-1) in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha hailed US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper's contributions to promoting bilateral relations, especially the achievements the two countries have recorded after one year of upgrading relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership at a reception for the diplomat in Hanoi on October 31.