Twelve contestants have entered the final round of HCM City Television's 11th annual Nguoi Dan Chuong Trinh (The host) contest for emcees and television hosts.

Katona Twins, a classical guitar duo from Germany, will give a free concert at the HCM City Conservatory of Music on September 27.

Typhoon Kalmaegi left at least nine people dead and 10 injured after making landfall in northern provinces on September 16.

Hanoi has begun a pilot project to introduce electronic smartcards in the city, with the installation of smartcard readers on the Giap Bat-Gie Bridge bus route this month.

Police in the southern province of Binh Duong will prosecute a couple for brutally beating their three-year-old daughter.

Business executives held a direct dialogue with national and international experts on how their companies can win consumers' trust and boost their credibility in the market at a forum held in Hanoi on September 17.

About 20 newsroom chiefs, editors and journalists from media organisations in the Asia News Network (ANN) opens a two-day meeting in Hanoi on September 18.

Eight Vietnamese junior chess players will compete in the World Youth Chess Championship to be held in Durban, South Africa, from September 18 to 30.

The Vietnam Food Safety Administration (FSA) on September 16 banned and recalled certain Taiwanese canned foods that reportedly contain recycled waste oil.

The 2nd Vietnam Semiconductor Strategy Summit which opens on September 17 brings together executives of the world's leading microelectronics companies, with delegates representing Vietnamese government, academia, research and industry.