The enterprises of the housing and communal services of the oblast are trying to do everything possible to keep the houses and institutions warm and comfortable during the heating season.

Russia and Belarus stand together, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Russia to Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev told the media after his meeting with Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko on 10 September, BelTA has learned.

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei has held a telephone conversation with Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On behalf of Belarusian people and himself Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong on Vietnam's Independence Day, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader.

Vitebsk Oblast intend to expand the network of specialized agricultural classes.

Close cooperation with Russia should continue, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko told reporters as he visited Baranovichi State Vocational and Technical College of Service Industry on 1 September, BelTA has learned.

In Vitebsk Oblast, material assistance for the new school year received 14.700 families in which 28.400 children are being raised, the labor, employment and social protection committee of the oblast executive committee said.