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Typhoon Kong-rey slammed into Taiwan on Thursday as one of the biggest storms to hit the island in decades, whipping up 10-metre waves, triggering floods and claiming at least one life.

The People’s Committee of Song Lo district in the northern province of Vinh Phuc said on October 31 that two large bombs had been safely deactivated by the local military command and sappers.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani held talks in Doha, in which they agreed that the bilateral relations will be elevated to a new height.

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh met with Speaker of the Shura Council of Qatar Hassan bin Abdulla Al-Ghanim in Doha on October 31 as part of his official visit to the Middle Eastern country.

Vietnam is keen to closely co-operate with the United States Government to develop the Vietnam - US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in a strong, comprehensive, and stable manner.

Vietnam strongly opposes all activities that violate its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel), Deputy Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Doan Khac Viet said.

The Vietnamese customs and police have seized 9.3 kilos of ketamine sent to a man in the central province of Nghe An from Europe.

Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, Dang Hoang Giang, has called on the UN Security Council to intensify efforts to ease tensions and end hostilities in the entire Middle East.

Domestic retail petroleum prices dropped slightly at 3 pm today, October 31, following a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Authorities in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have just approved a VND86-trillion project to develop the Sam Son Urban Area by 2030 with a vision to 2040.

Vietnam calls on the US to immediately end its embargo against and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

Two twin boys have drowned after falling into a flooded area in front of their house in the central province of Quang Binh's Le Thuy District early on Thursday morning.

President of the NA of People's Power of Cuba Esteban Lazo Hernandez will lead a delegation of the NA of People's Power of Cuba to pay a working visit to Vietnam from November 2 to November 3.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has just started a three-day official visit to Qatar at the invitation of his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jasim Al-Thani.

The coastline spanning nearly two kilometres in the central province of Quang Binh has suffered significant erosion after Storm Trami devastated numerous shrimp farms.

People living in landslide-ravaged regions in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai face severe dust pollution.

The Pakistani PM suggested the two countries raise their bilateral trade to US$10 billion in the near future, and expressed his hope to soon welcome Chính and other Vietnamese leaders to Pakistan.

PM Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with leaders of Saudi Arabia’s major enterprises in Riyadh to boost investment cooperation on the occasion of the Vietnamese Government chief’s trip to Saudi Arabia.

HCM City Police are investigating two Indian men who were found smuggling more than 1,000 diamonds worth billions of Vietnamese dong at Tan Son Nhat International Airport.