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Party General Secretary and President To Lam of Vietnam attended the opening session of the 19th Francophonie Summit held at Villers-Cotterêts castle, France, on October 4 afternoon (local time).

Vietnam is committed to creating favourable conditions for member companies of the MEDEF in particular and foreign investors in general to invest and do business effectively in the country, said Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

Dantri Newspaper worked with the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Thuong Xuan District People's Committee in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa to implement new and upgraded facilities at a local primary school.

The pontoon bridge which was put into use after Phong Chau Bridge in Phu Tho Province collapsed on September 9, has been temporarily replaced by two military ferries due to the Red River’s rising water level.

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

Police in Hanoi have seized more than 10,000 perfume bottles with unclear origin from a local store.

Philippine authorities have detained more than 250 people, most of them Chinese, in a raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, law enforcement officials said Friday.

Vo Le Que Anh, Miss Grand Vietnam, left Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for Cambodia on October 3 as she heads to compete in the Miss Grand International 2024 beauty contest.

Hanoi will temporarily close many inner-city streets when the city organises the Cultural Festival for Peace.

Oil prices stabilised Friday after soaring on fears about the Middle East crisis as investors await Israel's response to Iran's missile attack, while shares in Hong Kong resumed their rally on a mixed day for equity markets.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Binh have just safely removed a 350-kilo bomb which was found by a local resident near the Khe Thui Bridge in Minh Hoa District.

Hanoi is speeding up a park project with a total investment of VND173 billion (USD7.06 million) in Long Bien District.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed an investment of VND32.27 trillion (USD1.3 billion) to expand the HCM City-Trung Luong-My Thuan Highway project.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam has arrived in Paris to participate in the 19th Francophonie Summit and an official visit to France from October 3-7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to attend the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Vientiane, Laos, from October 8-11.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has just decided to offer subsidised travel for low-income workers who want to return home during the 2025 Tet Lunar New Year Festival.

Party General Secretary and President To Lam witnessed the exchange of several cooperation pacts between Vietnam and Ireland in Dublin on October 3, shortly after meeting with Irish businesses during his state visit to the European nation.

Authorities in HCM City have just started a two-month trial run for their first metro line, which connects Ben Thanh and Suoi Tien, beginning on October 1.

The Government is striving to register an economic growth rate of 7% for the whole year, higher than the National Assembly (NA)’s target of 6-6.5%.