The central province of Thua Thien-Hue has accepted the assistance of 303 scholarships, worth more than VND2 billion (US$86,000), donated by the US-based non-profit organisation Pacific Links Foundation to local students.

Australia have been crowned champions at the Southeast Asian U-18 football tournament after beating Malaysia 1-0. Indonesia won the third place with a 5-0 triumph over Myanmar.

The low-cost carrier Vietjet has begun selling tickets for the Ho Chi Minh City/Hanoi-New Delhi service, which will commence in early December with seven return flights a day.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is calling for entries for the 7th national film festival on the topic of environmental issues, which is open to cinematic and TV works produced from January 1, 2016, to October 15, 2019.