The Advocacy Committee for the establishment of the Vietnam - Nepal Friendship Association was officially launched.

A get-together and exhibition on Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Vietnam has been held in Brussels, Belgium, by the Belgium - Vietnam Association (ABV).

The Association of Vietnamese in Hungary recently held an event to honor members of the Hungarian delegation who joined the international mission to monitor the implementation of the Paris Accord on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Viet Nam.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (October 11, 1971 – 2021), the Ambassador of Switzerland to Vietnam, Ivo Sieber, has written an article on the 50 years of Swiss-Vietnamese diplomatic relations.

The friendship between Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has developed continuously since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than seven decades ago, heard a meeting in Hanoi on October 22.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien was elected as president of the Vietnam - Philippines Friendship Association.

Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha has been elected as Chairman of the Vietnam-Cuba Friendship Association for the 2021-2025 tenure.

The Vietnam - U.S. Society, a member of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations, cooperated with the Vietnam Resource Group, based in San Jose city, to organize a webinar themed: "Vietnam - US Exchange: Cooperation opportunities on Agriculture and Agribusiness"

The Can Tho Union of Friendship Organizations donates important medical supplies to local frontline forces.

The Hanoi Union of Friendship Organizations (HAUFO) presented gifts to foreigners and international students in difficulty in Hanoi.

Responding to the call for Covid relief from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Hanoi and the Hanoi Union of Friendship Associations (HAUFO), many NGOs, foreign embassies and overseas Vietnamese overseas have given donations in different forms to the city.

Food assistance has been launched by local friendship unions for struggling locals and expats amid the pandemic in Hanoi, Khanh Hoa and Ben Tre Provinces.

PeaceTrees continued UXO-clearing efforts in the central province of Quang Tri in spite of severe storm warnings.

The Australian Government has approved a grant of 5 million AUD to help Vietnam enhance competitiveness, reduce carbon footprint, and improve lives and livelihoods, according to the World Bank.

The World Bank and partners on Sep. 29 launched a project aiming to reduce economic and health vulnerability of older persons in Vietnam, under a US$ 2.75-million grant, funded by the Government of Japan and administered by the World Bank.

Local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) joining hands to help impoverished children orphaned by Covid-19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 21 hosted a reception for Kidong Park, UN Resident Coordinator and interim, and chief representatives of UN organisations in Vietnam on the occasion of the UN’s upcoming founding anniversary (October 24, 1945 – 2021).

Vietnam has temporarily recognised vaccination certificates and vaccine passports by 72 countries and territories in line with the Government’s Resolution No.128/NQ-CP on safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19 pandemic, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the High-Level Commemorative Meeting to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), has called on NAM members to enhance multilateral cooperation at both global and regional levels to raise the voice of the NAM in the international arena.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan lauded the Eurasian Women's Forum’s contributions to connecting and empowering women in her speech at the first plenary session of the ongoing 3rd Eurasian Women's Forum on October 13.

The diplomatic sector has made great contributions to the cause of national defence, construction and development throughout the country’s history over the past more than seven decades, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son wrote in an article on the occasion of the ministry's 76th founding anniversary (August 28, 1945-2021).

VUFO president Nguyen Phuong Nga said that people-to-people diplomacy would bring much needed innovation while strengthening Vietnamese-Indian relations.

Vietnam has recently continued to affirm its stance: to strengthen and deepen bilateral cooperation with partners, especially strategic partners, comprehensive and other important partners. Thailand is currently a strategic partner of Vietnam.

The Vietnam-Thailand relations have been upheld and strengthened in all fields by the countries’ leaders and people despite uncertainties in the region and in each nation.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) are viewed an important resource for national development and safeguarding, and young expatriates have proved to be an important part of innovation promotion in the homeland.

FPT UK Managing Director Mohan Naidu has said Vietnam is quickly becoming a hub of technology expertise, and the digitally-enabled future for Vietnam is just beginning.

With the goal of putting people's health and lives above and first, the Vietnamese Government has been drastically carrying out the vaccine strategy, in which vaccine diplomacy is considered as a spearhead.

Vietnamese relevant agencies always keep a close watch on developments in the East Sea, and Vietnam has full historical evidence and legal foundations to affirm its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos in accordance with international law, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has affirmed.

Australia and France ministers have voiced serious concerns about the situation in the East Sea and called for all disputes to be resolved in a peaceful manner in accordance with international law, particularly the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Vietnam resolutely and persistently takes measures in accordance with international law to exercise and protect its sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes.

Scholars and experts of Ukraine have spoken highly of Vietnam’s initiatives raised at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)'s recent high-level open debate on maritime security.