The Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (SPS Vietnam Office) on October 21 sent a document to People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces, the Vietnam Food Administration requesting urgent registration of food producers and exporters to China.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan on October 21 presented a decision to officially appoint Dr. Philipp Rosler - former Deputy Prime Minister of Germany, as the first ever Honorary Consul of Vietnam to Switzerland.

Vietnam and Russia discussed ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in education and make it more practical and effective during a meeting between Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Minh Khoi and Russian Minister of Science and Higher Education Falkov Valery Nhikolaievich in Moscow on October 20.

VOV.VN - A tribute-paying ceremony for Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, Supreme Patriarch of the Patronage Council of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS), was held on October 22 at Vien Minh Pagoda in Phu Xuyen district of Hanoi, drawing the participation of many high-ranking Vietnamese officials.

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed that the Ministry of Transport consider the gradual reopening of regular international commercial flights in four stages starting in the fourth quarter of this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam creates favourable conditions for foreign businesses to invest in clean and renewable energy and sustainable development moving into the post-COVID-19 period, Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada Pham Cao Phong told a conference in Ottawa on October 21.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 22 laid a wreath and offered incense to Most Venerable Thich Pho Tue, the top leader of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Algeria Nguyen Thanh Vinh on October 20 - 21 made a fact-finding trip to Constantine, the third largest economic hub in Algeria which holds great potential for tourism, cultivation, animal husbandry and pharmaceutical development.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has sent a message to General Secretary of the Mexican Labour Party (PT) Alberto Anaya Gutiérrez, on the occasion of the annual 25th international seminar themed “Parties and a new society” held by the PT from October 21-23.

Vietnam is very well placed within Asia in terms of the general progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), said United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative a.i. in Vietnam Terence D. Jones on October 21.