The Government issued drastic instructions and ministries, sectors, localities and the entire people made concerted efforts to combat crimes in 2016, Minister of Public Security To Lam told legislators on October 28. 

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Australia on October 27 raised 20,000 AUD for the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and the “For beloved Hoang Sa-Truong Sa” Club.

The southern province of Binh Duong has declared a Zika epidemic at communal level at Binh Chuan ward of Thuan An township. 

A workshop themed “Japanese ICT Day 2016” was held in Hanoi on October 27 to promote the cooperation between ICT enterprises in Danang and Japan. 

The Women’s Association of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and the Korea Centre for United Nations Human Rights Policy (KOCUN) jointly launched a project to support Vietnamese women married to the Republic of Korea (RoK) men on October 27 in Can Tho city. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications hosted a workshop in Hanoi on October 28 to update the Hanoi-based press outlets and information and communications officials in the north on ASEAN and UNESCO. 

The authorities of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong proposed opening ten more domestic and international air routes to Da Lat city on October 28. 

The Vietnam Committee for Asian - African - Latin America Solidarity and Cooperation under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) held a seminar in Hanoi on October 28 to review its development over the last six decades.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has listed six hydroelectric power plants that play a vital role in the socio-economic development of Vietnam.

Some experiences on and solutions to improving the quality of dissemination about the Party and State’s policies ethnic areas in the Central Highlands were shared at the a workshop in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province on October 28.

A memorandum of understanding on social charity programmes was signed on October 27 by representatives from Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam, marine veterans association of the Republic of Korea and Quang Ngai’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cinema Association has dusted off an old plan to transform the local movie industry into a leading one in Southeast Asia by 2020, but experts say it’s just a lot of the same old tripe.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has released an official message concerning this year’s presidental amnesty decisions.

About 6,520 Vietnamese people reside in three northern prefectures, namely Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma, in Japan’s Kanto region, an increase of 2.5% from 2010. 

VOV.VN -The Lotte Foundation on October 28 at an awards ceremony in Hanoi presented grants and scholarships valued at US$15,200 to 76 university students for the current academic year.

The World Bank (WB) has provided US$25.06 million to support the second phase of the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development project (LASED II), from 2016 to 2021. 

Myanmar has recorded its first Zika infection, reported Myanmar media on October 27. 

Japanese destinations were introduced to Vietnamese visitors at a tourism workshop and tourism fair held by the Bureau of Tourism, Culture & Exchange of Nagoya city, Japan’s Aichi prefecture in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27. 

As of October 27, VND40 billion (US$1.79 million) compensated by Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation was distributed to fishermen in Phu Loc, Phu Vang and Quang Dien districts, central Thua Thien-Hue province in the first phase. 

High levels of child marriage threaten Vietnam's society as a whole, said Nguyen Viet Tien, Deputy Minister of Health during a conference on October 25.

A large number of level crossings illegally opened by local people along the north-south railway has been identified as one of the main causes for the high number of railway accidents in Vietnam, according to railway management companies.

Vietnam customs officials have seized nearly one tonne of ivory hidden in a timber shipment from Kenya, an official said on October 27, the third major illegal haul of precious tusks in less than a month.

The NGO asks activists to demand tough measures from the Vietnamese government to end the trade of ivory and rhino horn.

Work has begun on the comprehensive restoration of Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tay Market, an 88 year old structure that has borne witness to the history of the city’s Chinese-Vietnamese community.

A new general hospital with 500 beds was inaugurated in hamlet 1, Phuc Loc commune, the north-west province of Yen Bai on October 27.

John Savage, An Wang Professor of Computer Science from the US Brown University, has affirmed that he will make effort to support Vietnam to develop science and technology.

Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr, Commander of the US Pacific Command, has thanked the HCM City administration’s assistance in the search for the remains of US servicemen missing in action during the US war in Vietnam. 

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh took over the Chair of the Council of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) from former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 27. 

VOV.VN -President Tran Dai Quang praised the tremendous achievements HCM City University of Economics recorded over the past four decades at an October 27 ceremony marking its 40th anniversary.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung and colleagues on October 26 visit and present gifts to flood victims in the central province of Ha Tinh.