The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) set tough tasks for the national teams during its annual general meeting on October 15 in Hanoi.

Vietnam and India need to enhance traditional areas of cooperation while promoting economic and health collaboration, and responding to common challenges in the region and people-to-people exchanges, especially the younger generation, said Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on October 16.

The West End Musicals was held in the central city of Da Nang on October 16 by the UK Embassy and General Consulate as part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam – UK diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - A Japanese film festival will be held across four major cities nationwide, including Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang, and Ho Chi Minh City, from October 27 to December 21.

VOV.VN - Designer Ngoc Han, Miss Vietnam 2010 winner, will be joined by plenty of designers and local people to take part in the debut Ao Dai parade organised by Hanoi Women's Union at Hoan Kiem Lake pedestrian street area in the capital on the morning of October 29.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent more than US$1.15 billion on importing over 1.9 million tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from foreign markets, according to statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Two cold-chain freight trains carrying fruits and vegetables left southwest China's Yunnan province for Laos and Vietnam respectively on October 16, marking the launch of international cold-chain train services on China-Laos, China-Vietnam routes.

The Vietnam Agency of Seas and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the National Ocean Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet Office of Japan held their first-ever direct dialogue in Hanoi on October 16.

Minister of Public Security To Lam highlighted increasingly strengthened cooperation between the ministry and Italian law enforcement agencies in security and crime prevention while hosting new Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Marco Della Seta in Hanoi on October 16.

Vietnam’s tourism sector is working hard to attract more tourists from Muslim countries (Halal tourists) which is seen as a potential market for the global tourism industry.