VOV.VN -The Vietnamese men's chess team held England to a 2-2 draw in the ninth round of the 45th Chess Olympiad 2024, which was held on the early morning of September 21.

VOV.VN - The relations between Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) have huge potential for growth, bringing major economic and cultural benefits to both sides.

VOV.VN - The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has named two referees and two assistant referees from Vietnam to take charge of some group games in the qualification stage of the 2025 AFC U20 Asian Cup.

VOV.VN - The upcoming trip to attend the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79), and holding working sessions in the United States by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam holds great significance as it provides an opportunity to affirm the Vietnamese foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralism, and diversification of international relations.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airlines, including Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air, Pacific Airlines, VASCO, Bamboo Airways and Vietravel Airlines, operated a total of 176,307 flights, of which 45,889 were delayed, accounting for 26% of the total figure, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)'s report.

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.