The HCM City People’s Committee on Wednesday (October 1) officially launched the 2025 Lifelong Learning Week on Nguyễn Huệ Pedestrian Street, calling on citizens to embrace continuous education, technology and self-improvement.

To ensure safety, the department has asked the Lào Cai Tourism Association to provide regular updates on weather conditions and flood locations. They will also inform and assist tourists in hazardous areas, and make necessary adjustments to tour schedules.

Restoration of power, telecommunications, and clean water must be completed no later than Sunday (October 5) to prevent further disruption to daily life and the economy, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said.

Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Internal Affairs Phan Đình Trạc conveyed sympathy from Party General Secretary Tô Lâm and other Party, State and VFF leaders to the local residents for their losses and hardships caused by the typhoon.

Alongside policies, family and community involvement and support from the health system, it is the persistence and devotion of village midwives that help eliminate outdated customs and write a new chapter toward a healthier future for mothers and children in Việt Nam.

Housing damage has been severe, with 153 homes destroyed and more than 154,000 damaged or unroofed. Hà Tĩnh alone reported nearly 94,000 damaged houses, while Nghệ An counted over 50,000.

By 1 pm on October 2, the system is forecast to move west-northwest at 15–20 kph and is likely to intensify into a tropical storm.

“I haven’t seen chaos like this since the 2008 floods," Trần Thu Hằng, who lives in Vĩnh Tuy Ward said after passing over traffic jams and floodwater to reach her house on Tuesday night.

A leading rehabilitation hospital in HCM City has introduced a new daytime care model for older people, offering medical treatment, physical therapy, and social activities for about VNĐ350,000 đồng (US$14) per day, partly covered by health insurance.

All 61 public and private hospitals and medical centres in Cần Thơ City have applied Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and connected to the national health shared database, according to the city Department of Health.

Three people in the Cao Bằng Province were killed, including a six-day-old baby, as floods and landslides struck in the north. Many residents in Lào Cai Province were also trapped and needed to be rescued after rivers burst their banks.

Preliminary estimates of economic damage are at more than VNĐ8 trillion (US$303 million), with the central province of Hà Tĩnh alone accounting for VNĐ6 trillion in losses, and Nghệ An VNĐ1.4 trillion.

The traffic police of Quảng Trị Province has quickly rescued a man who was bitten by a snake at night.

A recently approved World Bank aims to improve access to two of Việt Nam’s vulnerable yet economically important regions — a fast-growing coastal hub of Đà Nẵng, and a highlands corridor of Gia Lai linking farms and factories to the coast.

He claimed he broke into the vehicle because he was hallucinating after smoking cannabis offered to him by strangers.

VNA resident correspondents in Russia have received effective support and assistance from the St. Petersburg administration in their work, from locating sites linked to President Hồ Chí Minh’s first visit to the Soviet Union to producing reports on St. Petersburg such as cancer treatment, Kronstadt Peninsula, and the Scarlet Sails Festival.

As of now, two victims remain missing: Nguyễn Viết Trường, born in 2002, from Ba Vì, Hà Nội; and Đinh Thị Hải, born in 1989, from Ý Yên District, Nam Định Province.

Nhân Dân (People) newspaper speaks to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyễn Minh Hằng about technology diplomacy as a pioneering spearhead and a central task of economic diplomacy in the new era.

The National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reports that from on Tuesday and Wednesday (October 1 and 2), flooding on several northern rivers will reach or exceed alarm level 3.