Vietnam has affirmed the importance of preventing and eliminating all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, at an October 4 discussion of the Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Issues at the UN General Assembly’s 77th Session.

VOV.VN - Experts have suggested that Vietnam move to accelerate its national industrialisation and modernisation process in order to meet current development requirements moving into the new period in line with the resolution adopted by the 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - An awards ceremony of the Vietnam Digital Awards 2022 (VDA 2022) will take place in Hanoi on October 9 in response to National Digital Transformation Day (on October 10), aimed at promoting the national digital transformation programme.

VOV.VN - The bomb and mine clearance team of PeaceTrees Vietnam (PTVN) announced on October 4 that it had successfully handled two war-time bombs detected in the central province of Quang Tri.

VOV.VN - The Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications has requested that streaming platform Netflix stop showing Korean drama "Little Women" due to its alleged distortions of the Vietnam War.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy is anticipated to expand 8% this year in the base-case scenario, providing that there are no adverse external factors facing the national economy in the remaining months of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The video game “Lac Viet phieu luu ky” (Lac Viet Adventures) was selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a promotional product on digital platforms at the Vietnam Days Abroad 2022 which will take place in Austria, India, and the Republic of Korea in September, November and December.

Sailing Ship 286-Le Quy Don of the Vietnam Naval Academy and a delegation of the Vietnam People’s Navy arrived at Lumut port in the Malaysian state of Perak on October 4, beginning a visit to Malaysia.

The quality and supply of Vietnamese products have been improved over years, said Takao Kazaoka, deputy general director in charge of purchasing at AEON Vietnam, a branch of the Japanese conglomerate AEON Group.

Vietnam has become one of the top Asian exporters to Spain, only behind China, on par with Hong Kong (China) and above Japan, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea which are strategic markets of Spain.