VOV.VN -Productivity and working conditions is becoming more important than ever as Vietnam is entering a new era of deeper global integration.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese nationals were killed and two injured on the morning of October 24 when a north-south railway train hit a taxi-car at a crossing in the Thuong Tin District of Hanoi, authorities said.

Experts recommended Vietnam invest more in climate change adaptation at an international workshop in Hanoi on October 24 on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s achievements and Vietnam actions in climate change. 

Around 76% of Vietnamese internet protocol (IP) cameras are susceptible to illegal access because users keep the fixed accounts of the makers rather than changing them, a report by the Bach Khoa Technology Group (BKAV) has revealed. 

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh and first runner-up Thanh Tu are in Quang Binh Province to lend a hand to those affected by the Central Region flooding.

Current shortcomings in road transport across the border between Vietnam and other countries in the region need to be solved to enhance connectivity to the international road transport system, experts said.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has drafted seven major tasks and solutions for its slow-growing tourism sector towards the goal of drawing 1.7 million tourists, including 50,000 foreign visitors by 2020. 

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology has announced a list of 1,657 species of herbs in the Central Highlands region, 88 of which have been named in Vietnam’s red book on threatened fauna and flora. 

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet and the Management Board of Cham Island has inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the protection of flora and fauna in the forest of the island.

HCM City will build a complete digital map of roads to provide online information to reduce traffic jams and accidents, according to its Department of Transport’s road infrastructure management and exploitation division.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has spent VND384 billion (US$17 million) on building irrigation works for production, preventing natural disasters and protecting lives, according to the provincial steering committee on disaster prevention and rescue. 

All fish sauces on the market are safe for human consumption, the Ministry of Health has confirmed after a 10-day inspection. 

HCM City has begun the second phase of an environmental sanitation project at a cost of more than US$524 million, city authorities announced.

More than 500 inmates in a drug rehabilitation center in the southern province of Dong Nai, around 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the northeast of Ho Chi Minh City, struck down its gates and escaped on October 23. 

Vietnamese authorities say they lost nearly 934 hectares to timber poachers this year.

The loss of 549 meters of underground electrical cables from the Vung Ang Economic Zone has disrupted its operations.

Three forestry workers were shot dead and 15 others were injured following a shotgun attack in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on October 23.

The Ho Chi Minh City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients on October 22 organised free-of-charge operations for 200 poor patients suffering from cataract at the Nguyen Trai Hospital and celebrated the 500,000th case in the past 20 years. 

Up to 27 projects of seven State corporations are listed in the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s directive as being liable to cause environmental pollution. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department said it launched 15 more points for screening and detecting Zika virus infections in the context of increasing number of infections in the city.

Finding suitable technological solutions to turn rice husk into amorphous silica, a feedstock for many industries, will add huge value to the rice industry, a seminar heard in HCM City on October 21.

The 2016 Asia Pacific Conference on Information Management was held in Hanoi on October 21, aiming to develop and sustain an affluent society, both materially and spiritually, using IT-based solutions in Vietnam.

Students of the Technical Education School in Tigre district of Argentina’s Buenos Aires province had a chance to understand more about the land and people of Vietnam through a recent talk.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has launched the National Statistical Survey Programme, which consists of three national survey censuses and 11 statistical surveys.

The Forestry Management Department of the southern province of Tay Ninh has received 66 turtles, weighing a total of 50 kilogrammes, seized by Moc Bai Border Gate customs officers on a coach from Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city, to Vietnam. 

VOV.VN - On October 22, Vietnamese residents in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic participated in a fundraising program to provide assistance for the flood victims in central Vietnam. 

A range of activities have been organised at the exhibition house No. 45 Trang Tien street, Hanoi, from October 22-25 to raise funds for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims. 

VOV.VN - The Indian Coast Guard Ship SAMRAT moored in Vietnam on October 23 for a 5-day visit to the High Command of the Vietnam’s People Navy, based in central Danang City.

VOV.VN - The tourism segment of the economy has seen more promising days, according to Vietnamese leaders who assembled at a recent conference in Hoi An seeking long-term solutions to the floundering industry.

Rescuers pulled 2,400 boat migrants to safety on October 22, the Italian coastguard said, adding 14 dead bodies had been recovered in the past two days.