The Foreign Affairs Committees of the National Assemblies of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam issued a joint statement at their 8th conference on September 23, covering different aspects, including the COVID-19 fight.

Poursuivant sa visite de travail la province de Quang Tri (Centre), le président de l'Assemblée nationale (AN), Vuong Dinh Hue, a assisté le 17 juillet à la séance d'ouverture de la 18e session du Conseil populaire de Quang Tri, pour le mandat 2021-2026.

On Monday, Phạm Thị Thuận, a Mường ethnic girl from a mountainous village in central Thanh Hóa Province, travelled more than 100 kilometres to Thanh Hóa City to complete the admission test at Hồng Đức University.

On September 23, 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrates its 91st National Day. In Việt Nam, though unable to hold this celebration due to the measures in place to limit and control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, on this occasion His Excellency Mr. Saud F. M. Al Suwelim, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, expressed his pride in this day as it is the anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom at the hands of His Majesty King Abdul Aziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud.

The trend of youth business start-ups in Bắc Ninh Province has grown rapidly in recent years, thanks to the support of the provincial Youth Union. As a result, many jobs have been created and many more young people are attracted by the opportunity to start their own business. 

Music and art is the best way to connect people to overcome any challenge, which is the message of an online art performance that will be organised on Sunday, September 26.

The HCM City Department of Health has asked the city government to create a payment scale for fees for COVID-19 treatment at private facilities.

Vietnamese relevant agencies always keep a close watch on developments in the East Sea, and Vietnam has full historical evidence and legal foundations to affirm its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in accordance with international law, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been gradually controlled in Việt Nam while the number of community cases and the number of deaths have decreased.

A new COVID-19 outbreak on Phú Quốc Island will not affect plans to reopen the destination to international visitors from November, local authorities announced on Thursday.

The Ministry of Health has reported 9,472 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday evening, in 33 provinces and cities.

Fourteen foreign television channels will end broadcasts in Việt Nam next month, according to the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The eye of the storm was about 180km off the coast Bình Định Province at 1pm on Thursday. Windspeed was recorded at 60-75km per hour.

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People’s Artist and painter Trương Hán Minh and veteran film director Tường Lê both died on September 21 in HCM City.

Việt Nam has refuted Freedom House’s report saying that the country has no Internet freedom. 

Hà Nội People's Council has approved 17 resolutions for the capital city’s development, as its two-day meeting ended on Thursday.

In response to the “Telecommunications services and computers for children” programme launched by the Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) have presented gifts including smartphones and 4G Mobifone SIM cards for disadvantaged students at Dich Vong Secondary School in Hanoi’s Cau Giay district.

The painting “Hà Nội Rong” (Hà Nội on a Vendor’s Yoke) has won first prize at the “Hà Nội là…” (Hà Nội is…) art contest on Wednesday. Artist Đặng Thái Tuấn's winning piece shows some of Hà Nội’s most iconic symbols, balancing on a vendor’s yoke. 

东京大学社会语言学教授岩月纯一（Junichi Iwatsuki）教授讲述了他在越南生活期间越南文化对他留下最深刻的印象，并表示越南人重视人情，将人与人之间的情感关系置于首位。 ​