A ceremony was held in Sam Son city in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa on October 27 to mark 70 years since the welcome of compatriots, cadres, soldiers, and students from the South gathering in the North (1954 - 2024).

Two of the brightest ideas from the youngest generation of Vietnamese students have won top prizes at a national innovation competition.

A digital exhibition entitled “Vietnam’s Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly): Historical and legal evidence”, and a book introduction event are being organised at Hai Xuan high school in Hai Hau district in the northern province of Nam Dinh on October 24 – 25.

Sappers of the Quang Tri provincial Military Command on October 23 successfully detonated a 240kg magnetic bomb left over from the war.

The Standing Board of the Party Committee of southern Kien Giang province has called for strengthening the Party's leadership in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, part of a broader national effort to have the “yellow card” warning lifted by the European Commission (EC).

A solemn ceremony was held on October 20 in the southern city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône prefecture of France, to mark the 10th anniversary of the memorial dedicated to Indochinese workers who came to work in the Camargue region during World War II.

Many specific mechanisms and policies issued by the Party and State for ethnic minorities have been carried out effectively in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, helping lift a large number of households out of poverty.

Governor of Fukushima Uchibori Masao on October 17 visited the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan to hand over a donation in cash from the Japanese refecture's residents to help Vietnamese people to overcome the consequences of Typhoon Yagi.

The Ministry of National Defence held a teleconference on October 16 to review the recent term of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.

The 23rd Vietnam - China youth friendship meeting kicked off in Nanning city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, on October 14.

The Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA), under the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, on October 15 officially handed over a project on sustainable coastal community development through ecotourism and the application of the sufficiency economy philosophy to Binh Dai district in Vietnam’s southern province of Ben Tre.

A ceremony was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on October 10 to receive donations from Cambodian organisations and individuals to support Vietnamese people severely impacted by recent natural disasters.

The Vietnamese Student Association in Singapore held its first-ever “V-Challenge 2024: Intellectual Arena” at Curtin University, drawing a large number of Vietnamese students in the country.

Dozens of journalists from various media agencies joined a training workshop to improve communication skills to help prevent child drowning.

The 12th deputy ministerial-level annual meeting between Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) and the Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore took place in Hanoi on October 8.

Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU), a union of Vietnamese students' organisations there, aims to build a united association of the students and promote the youthful spirit of daring dynamism and creativity, held its third congress in Sydney on October 5.

Late Professor Jean Salmon, former Honorary President of the Centre of International Law under the Free University of Brussels, and former member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), has been awarded the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State in recognition of his great contributions to the Vietnam-Belgium cooperation, especially in international law.

Director of the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment Vu Quoc Huy has reiterated the crucial role of innovation in the tertiary education system and its broader impact on national development.

A 350-kg bomb left over from the war was discovered in Hoa Thanh commune, Minh Hoa district, the central province of Quang Binh, reported local authorities on October 3.

The successes in education and science and technology cooperation between Vietnam and Ireland have been serving as a solid foundation for the development of bilateral relations in other areas where both countries have significant potential, such as renewable energy, agriculture, and innovation, according to a scholar.