Addressing the High-level General Debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on countries to continue highlighting the role of the UN and join hands for a world of peace, equality and sustainable development.

Artist Thang Trần Phềnh was not only one of the first Vietnamese artists to graduate from the École des Beaux-Arts de l’Indochine (Indochina Fine Arts College) — the first fine arts school in Indochina — he was also among the first to display

 The Philippines is initiating an investigation on whether to apply safeguard measures on imported cement, raising concerns that Vietnam could lose a major export market.

 Việt Nam’s No 1 chess player Lê Quang Liêm will compete in the Isle of Man (IoM) International Chess Tournament, one of the strongest open tournaments in the world.

 The HCM City General Sciences Library has opened a new reading room serving young readers aged between five and 18.    

 The Consulate General of France in HCM City will host the first Franco-Vietnamese Days of Innovation from October 18-20.

 Singer Tuấn Hưng will perform during a fashion show on October 14 at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội.

 A delegation of 25 travel businesses from Europe are seeking opportunities to work with Vietnamese partners to promote tourism during a fact-finding tour to discover Hà Nội’s tourist attractions from October 4-14.

 Hospitals in HCM City have been told to detect, classify and isolate patients with measles, dengue fever or hand-foot-mouth (HFM) disease to avoid cross-contamination, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thị Kim Tiến has said.

 The iNut Smartcity Team from Việt Nam’s University of Economics and Law has won the World Technopolis Association (WTA) 2018 Bình Dương Smart City Initiative Competition.

 A shadow creator of an online gold trading platform that conned investors out of nearly US$3 million was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Friday.

 Vietnam’s real estate market in the final quarter of 2018 is likely to see the strongest growth of the year in housing transactions, even higher than that of the same period last year.

 Nguyen Phuong Khanh, representing Vietnam at the Miss Earth contest, has won gold for the Asia & Oceania region in the national costume round on October 11 in Manila, the Philippines.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s participation in the ASEAN Leaders’ Gathering and his visit to the archipelago nation on October 11 and 12 reaped fruitful outcomes.

 The 16th World Technopolis Association (WTA) Mayors’ Forum took place in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 12, attracting the participation of WTA President Her Tae-jeong and mayors of 30 cities over the world.

 Minister of Justice Le Thanh Long led a Vietnamese delegation to participate in the 10th ASEAN Law Ministers Meeting (ALAWMM 10) in Vientiane on October 12. 

 Movie star and producer Ngo Thanh Van’s latest film, Song Lang (The Tap Box), will compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 (TIFF).

 Vietnamese chess players brought home two more gold medals on October 12 – the sixth day of the 2018 Asian Para Games (APG) in Indonesia.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has emphasised the responsibilities of parliaments of Eurasian countries in urging regional governments to set up economic links and promote multilateral trade.

 Local authorities in the Mekong Delta are taking measures to mitigate the impact of flooding caused by high tides during the annual flood season in the delta.