VOV.VN - Vietnam stays ready to serve as a bridge to enhance cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told GCC Secretary General Jassim Muhammad Al-Budaiwi in Riyadh on October 19.

A Vietnam-Belgium business meeting was held in Brussels on October 18, aiming to create a chance for direct discussions and connections among enterprises of the two countries.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Department of Export and Import recently announced a list of 170 eligible rice exporters as of October 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong received Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei – a leading Chinese group in ICT infrastructure, digital energy, cloud computing and terminal equipment, in Beijing on October 19 on the sidelines of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese female badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh successfully overcame her Taiwanese rival Hsu Wen Chi in the first round of the Denmark Open 2023 on October 19.

VOV.VN - The national flag of Vietnam was hoisted alongside those of 43 other states during the flag-raising ceremony which was held as part of the fourth Asian Para Games in Hangzhou of China on the morning of October 19.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong held a meeting with officials and staff members of Vietnamese representative agencies in China on October 19 as part of his trip to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.

VOV.VN - “Coming soon! The launching of Miss Multicultural World pageant headed by the reigning Mrs. Grand International, Phan Kim Oanh,” Missosology, the world’s leading publication on beauty pageants, recently announced on its fanpage.

A delegation from the National Political Publishing House – the publisher of theoretical and political books of the Vietnamese Party and State – is attending the Frankfurt Book Fair 2023 in Germany, joining meetings, seeking collaboration and engaging in cultural exchanges with reputable publishers worldwide.

Two Vietnamese scientists – Dr. Hoang Thi Giang and Tran Quang Hoa, have been honoured with the French Academy of Sciences' prize for bilateral cooperation in science research between France and ASEAN countries.