Outstanding domestic and international events on October 12

DOMESTIC

On October 12, General Secretary and President To Lam visited and attended the opening ceremony of the 2024-2025 school year at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture and inaugurated the “Project to enhance training and science and technology capacity” funded by ODA from the World Bank. On this occasion, General Secretary and President To Lam visited the Science, Technology and Innovation Exhibition and planted a souvenir tree on the campus of the Academy.In the picture:General Secretary and President To Lam presented a photo of Uncle Ho to the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture.Photo: Tri Dung - VNA

On October 12, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the National Committee on Digital Transformation, chaired the event to celebrate National Digital Transformation Day (October 10) in 2024. Speaking at the event, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized: It is necessary to promote 3 strategic digital breakthroughs including: digital institutions, digital infrastructure, digital human resources for Vietnam to catch up, progress together and rise in the new era.In the picture:Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivers a speech welcoming National Digital Transformation Day (October 10) in 2024.Photo: Duong Giang-VNA

On October 12, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City - the Committee for Mobilization, Management and Use of the Fund "For the Poor" of Ho Chi Minh City held a launching ceremony of the Peak Month "For the Poor" in 2024 (from October 17 to November 18, 2024) to celebrate the World Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17) and the Traditional Day of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18), in conjunction with the organization of the National Great Unity Day in 2024.In the picture:Ho Chi Minh City leaders presented laptops to disadvantaged students at the launching ceremony.Photo: Thanh Vu-VNA

In celebration of the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam Women's Union (October 20, 1930 - October 20, 2024), on the morning of October 12, 2024, in Hanoi, the Vietnam Women's Union held the Vietnam Women's Awards Ceremony and the National Finals of the "Women's Creative Startups and Green Transformation" Competition in 2024. Comrade Nguyen Duc Hai, Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly attended the Ceremony.In the picture:Individuals receiving the 2024 Vietnamese Women's Award.Photo: Phuong Hoa - VNA

On October 12 in Bac Giang City, the Bac Giang Provincial Federation of Labor coordinated with the Provincial Police to organize a contest to propagate laws on traffic safety and drug prevention and control in 2024. The contest was attended by 17 teams from the Federations of Labor of districts, towns, cities, industry unions, provincial civil servant unions and provincial industrial park unions. The teams went through 3 rounds: greeting, knowledge acquisition and propaganda skit. At the end of the contest, the Organizing Committee awarded 2 first prizes, 3 second prizes, 5 third prizes and 7 consolation prizes to the teams.In the picture:The Organizing Committee awarded souvenir flags to the competing teams.Photo: Dong Thuy - VNA

On October 12, Lang Son City organized the Then singing and Tinh lute festival and traditional ethnic costume performance for children and youth in schools in the area in 2024. This is an event aimed at preserving and promoting the cultural values ​​of Then singing and Tinh lute in association with tourism development, building tours and tourist routes to attract visitors from all over the world...In the picture:Then singing and Tinh lute performance, performed by Then singing club of Mai Pha commune, Lang Son city at the festival.Photo: Van Dat - VNA

INTERNATIONAL

The South Korean presidential office said on October 12 that US President Joe Biden has proposed holding a three-way summit with the leaders of South Korea and Japan later this year. The South Korean presidential office said the proposal was made through US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during a dinner hosted by the Lao prime minister at the ASEAN Summit and Related Summits on October 10.In the picture:US President Joe Biden speaks in Washington, DC.Photo: Kyodo/VNA

Hezbollah in Lebanon announced on October 12 that it had fired several rockets at an Israeli military base in the coastal city of Haifa. Hezbollah's statement said its fighters had attacked a base south of Haifa, with several rockets targeting an Israeli weapons factory. Earlier, the Lebanese Health Ministry said 22 people were killed and 117 injured in an Israeli airstrike on an area with many apartment buildings and small shops in the center of the capital Beirut on the evening of October 10.In the picture:Ruins after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, October 11, 2024.Photo: THX/TTXVN

A total of 15 countries in the African region have been affected by monkeypox (mpox) outbreaks in 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on October 11. The organization also warned that delayed diagnosis, difficulties in accessing treatment and the emergence of different strains of the virus are complicating the situation.In the picture:A monkeypox patient is treated at a health center in Nyiragongo, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo.Photo: THX/TTXVN

On October 11, China successfully recovered the country's first reusable and recoverable experimental satellite, Shijian-19. According to the China National Space Administration (CNSA), Shijian-19 landed at the Dongfeng landing site in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The recovery also went smoothly, even with the payloads it was carrying.In the picture:The Practical-19 satellite landed at the Dongfeng landing site in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on October 11.Photo: THX/TTXVN