The Vietnamese community in Russia has raised over VND2 billion (US$81,433) to support people suffering damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in the home country during just one week after launching a donation campaign.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, in collaboration with the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe and the Vietnamese Association in the European nation, has organised a relief mission to three regions severely affected by the country’s worst floods in the past ten decades.

Vietnamese diplomatic missions in Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, and Israel have continued coordinating closely with local authorities to monitor the situation there and working out citizen protection plans, including evacuation for those in dangerous areas, Vietnamese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said on September 19.

In the aftermath of a series of explosions involving pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon on September 17 and 18, the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt, which concurrently serves Lebanon, has confirmed that all Vietnamese nationals in the country remain safe.

Vietnamese businesses are displaying their products at the World Food India 2024 (WFI 2024) that opened in New Delhi on September 19.

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) communities in China’s Hong Kong and Macau have actively responded to fundraising campaigns to support those suffering significant damage due to Typhoon Yagi and consequent flooding in Vietnam.

Foreign institutional investors are allowed to buy Vietnamese stocks without having enough money at the time of purchase from November 2 under Circular No.68/2024/TT-BTC recently issued by the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - The nation imported 114,855 completely-built-up (CBU) cars this year, as of September 15, with the total value estimated at over US$2.36 billion, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Stick rice balls in ginger syrup (chè trôi nước) and black chicken hotpot (lẩu gà đen) are among the four local dishes to feature on the list of the 100 best rated dishes with ginger from across the world.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese team suffered their first defeat at the 2024 Chess Olympiad on the early morning of September 19 as Banh Gia Huy failed to beat his Iranian rival in the seventh round of the competition in Hungary.