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The ASEAN Plus Three countries - 10 ASEAN member states, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea - shared their experience in digital transformation in the civil service sector at an online international workshop held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Home Affairs on October 11.

On October 9, a delegation of Hanoi officials led by Secretary of Hanoi City Party Committee Bui Thi Minh Hoai visited President Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum to pay homage to the President to mark the 70th anniversary of the capital liberation.

A photo exhibition named "Hanoi – A time to remember" by photographers Andy Soloman and Le Bich, was held in Hanoi on October 10 to offer unique perspectives on the capital through a collection of 86 black and white photographs taken between 1992 and 2012.

During his visit 65 years ago, President Ho Chi Minh expressed his hope that the new Bat Trang village must become one of the exemplary villages in the new Vietnam, a socialist Vietnam.

On October 10, the Vietnam Fatherland Front of Ho Chi Minh City, the Ho Chi Minh City Relief Fundraising Committee, reported the contributions received in support of the northern provinces affected by Typhoon Yagi.

A delegation from the Vietnam - France Friendship and Cooperation Association (AACVF) led by Assoc. Prof. Dr Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, former Health Minister of Vietnam and Honorary President of the AACVF, paid a working visit to France from October 6 - 10 to seek stronger cooperation between the two countries in the fields of health care and pharmaceuticals.

For over 60 years, through continuous efforts in planting, protecting and developing forests, the frontline island of Co To has become a beautiful highlight at sea.

Times Higher Education (THE) Magazine has announced the results of the THE Impact Rankings 2023, a world-influential ranking. Accordingly, nine Vietnamese universities have been named among THE World University Rankings 2025.

A grand ceremony was held in Hanoi on October 10 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the capital city’s Liberation Day (October 10, 1954-2024).

The Hanoi People’s Committee held a ceremony to inaugurate a pediatric hospital on October 9 on the 70th anniversary of the capital city's liberation.

The Hanoi Department of Information and Communication in cooperation with the Nam Tu Liem District People's Committee has launched a campaign to promote National Digital Transformation Day and Hanoi's Digital Transformation Day.

A seminar themed “Preserving and promoting values of the title of Uncle Ho’s soldiers in military building and national defense cause” was recently held by the People’s Army Newspaper (PAN) and Division 316 under Military Region 2 at the division’s Regiment 98.

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Liberation of the Capital (October 10), on October 8, the Hanoi Federation of Labor and the Gia Lam District Federation of Labor held an inauguration ceremony for the Workers' Cultural Activity Point and Ho Chi Minh Cultural Space at Lixil Vietnam Co., Ltd.

A ceremony was organized by the Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi on October 8 to honour ten individuals with "Outstanding Citizen of the Capital" title and 700 other individuals with the “good people, good deeds” title.

On October 8, in Tra Vinh, the Ministry of Public Security held a ceremony to inaugurate and hand over 1,300 houses to poor, near-poor and housing-insecure households in the province.

On October 7, at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel, the Postal Stamp Company, in collaboration with the Thang Long Imperial Citadel Center, organized the exhibition titled “Ho Chi Minh – The Journey for National Independence and Socialism through Stamps and Postal Cards."

In commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's visit to Dai Nghia Town (Hanoi), where he conveyed the Resolution of the 5th Party Central Committee (Term III) on comprehensive agricultural development (October 7), on October 7, leaders from My Duc District and Dai Nghia Town offered incense in memory of President Ho Chi Minh at the Ho Chi Minh Memorial House.

On October 7, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the Relief Fund Committee of Ho Chi Minh City announced the donations received to support the northern provinces affected by Typhoon Yagi.

(CPV) - "The world needs superheroines" is an exhibition that aims to both highlight and recognize the contributions of women to the society and to create an artistic dialogue between emerging voices in the comic sector of the two countries.

In response to the call from Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to launch a nationwide campaign to "eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses," the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and its subsidiaries actively supported the construction of over 3,100 solidarity houses for the poor across the country from 2021 to 2023, with a total contribution of up to VND160 billion.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the acceleration of public investment disbursement while chairing a regular Cabinet meeting, which was connected online with 63 provinces and centrally-run cities on October 7.

The Hanoi Tourism Ao Dai Festival 2024 kicked off on October 4, featuring a wide range of activities linked with the traditional costume of Vietnam.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man on October 5 asked Ho Chi Minh City to remove obstacles in terms of mechanisms and policies to grow further, matching its potential and advantages.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam had a meeting with Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie (IOF) Louise Mushikiwabo on October 5 (local time) as part of his trip to France for attendance at the 19th Francophonie Summit and an official visit.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam attended official sessions and delivered an important speech at the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris on October 5.

(CPV) - The Standing Committee of the central Quang Nam Provincial Party Committee asked all levels, sectors, cadres and the entire provincial Party Committee to thoroughly grasp the five contents of implementing the revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and party members in the new period. At the same time, each cadre and party member must study, strive, cultivate and practice, according to the criteria of the standards, to continuously improve revolutionary ethics.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 4 received delegates to the ongoing conference of the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists (INWES) in the Asia-Pacific as well as leaders of the Vietnam Association for Intellectual Women.

Hanoi has spent VND220.87 billion to address the damage caused by Typhoon No. 3 (Yagi), according to representatives from the City Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 4 urged businesspeople to carry forward their pioneering role in optimising opportunities generated by international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has announced a plan to provide 2,000 round-trip train tickets and 400 free plane tickets to union members and workers for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday of 2025.