Ho Chi Minh City's welfare centre on October 9 launched its app that facilitates philanthropists' assistance for needy people.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) on Friday evening announced a pilot programme on the resumption of domestic flights, with three provinces and cities that previously refused to allow the flights, Hải Phòng, Gia Lai and Hà Nội, all agreeing to restart them.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 9 chaired a nationwide teleconference between the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control and 63 cities and provinces to review the fight against COVID-19 and discuss socio-economic recovery and development in the near future.

Up to 60 percent of the Vietnamese are optimistic that tourism will take off again in the next six months, according to the Welcome Back to Travel survey recently released by the online travel platform Agoda.

The Prime Minister on October 3 issued Directive 27/CT-TTg, urging the restoration of industrial production in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic has gradually been put under control.

Google in cooperation with the National Cyber Security Centre has launched the Google Safety Centre and the Safer Programme with Google for Vietnamese users.

An online filmmaking course will begin this month, held by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in Việt Nam, in co-operation with Việt Nam Cinematography Association’s Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents. 

Thousands of migrants are making the long, perilous journey north back to their home towns and villages, after months of unemployment and lockdown in the southern provinces.

The arrival of autumn means the beginning of the harvest season of táo mèo (docynia indica) in Nậm Nghiệp Village in the northern province of Sơn La. In recent years, the fruits have brought high economic efficiency to the region and improved local lives in recent years.

A large number of people pouring to national highways has caused congestion at COVID-19 checkpoints and will possibly increase the virus infection risk.

Readers across Việt Nam are encouraged to nominate artists and organisations who have made great contributions to the nation's cultural and arts activities in 2021 for the 27th annual Mai Vàng (Golden Ochna) Awards.

Hà Nội has given priority to long-term, high-tech agriculture in order to adapt to climate change.

The HCM City Party’s Committee honoured medical workers and students, armed forces personnel, and religious volunteers who have helped the city deal with the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the past 100 days.

Nguyễn Thị My, a 70-year-old woman, from Bình Thạnh District, HCM City, gets up very early to prepare vegetarian meals for people in difficult circumstances. 

In a further sign of COVID-19 restrictions around the country relaxing, the Đà Nẵng's People's Committee has agreed to resume domestic flights and train from the central city. 

Sixteen localities have agreed to resume domestic flights, while the capital of Hà Nội, Hải Phòng City and Gia Lai Province are not on the list.

The southern province of Binh Phuoc will present 10,000 smart phones to poor students in mid-October to assist them in online learning, said Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Education and Training Ho Hai Thach on October 8.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh chaired a nationwide teleconference on October 8 to discuss the resumption of domestic commercial flights.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien received Lao Ambassador to Vietnam Sengphet Houngboungnuang in Hanoi on October 8.

Schools in HCM City will reopen for in-person learning in the second semester of the academic year that begins in January amid declining COVID-19 infection cases and hospitalisations, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training.