The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai is stepping up poverty reduction efforts in the last quarter so as to cut the household poverty rate by 2.6% this year. 

A free-of-charge clinic in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, has been much praised by local people, particularly the poor.

VOV.VN -A Vietnam official and state media report a military helicopter with three people on board went missing during a training flight on October 18, in the latest such incident involving military aircraft.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thien Nhan spoke to the Vietnam Economic Times about the operation of the fund for the poor over the past 16 years. 

VOV.VN - Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Vancouver arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on October 18 for a goodwill visit as part of Westploy 16.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam government is hoping to delay the age at which people stop working and retire, according to plans from the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (Molisa).

VOV.VN - After the water level receded, the flood-ravaged Ngo Xa and Ngo Bac villages in Son Thuy commune, Le Thuy district, Quang Binh province remain isolated and run short of food and fresh water.

The mosquito-borne Zika disease has become endemic in Vietnam after nine victims tested positive in five of the country’s provinces and cities, according to one health official.

The northern mountainous province of Cao Bang has welcomed its first baby conceived via intrauterine insemination (IUI), marking the development of the local health sector in applying advanced technology in treatment.

Storm Sarika is expected to enter the Tonkin Gulf and head toward Vietnam’s coastal provinces from Quang Ninh to Nam Dinh on October 19 with winds up to 165km per hour, according to the National Forecast Hydrometeorological Forecast Centre. 

Vietnam Television (VTV) and the Permanent Steering Committee for the Central Highlands launched the national TV channel VTV5 in Dak Lak province on October 17.

Organisations and individuals across the country are supporting locals in the central region overcome the consequences of recent floods.

VOV.VN - The overseas Vietnamese community in Germany has raised more than 26,000 Euro for flood victims in the central region and the amount is expected to increase in the near future.

Tran Thi Tuyet Nhung, 55, had suffered pain for two months earlier this year before she decided to visit Binh Chanh District Hospital for treatment.

The health departments of Hanoi and Paris has signed a cooperation agreement in technology transfer aiming to improve the quality of pre-birth and newborn screening for early deformity detection and intervention. 

A baby born with suspected microcephaly ​has been reported in Krong Buk district in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, according to the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine.

Staff of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) are working hard to resume power supply in the central region which has been interrupted by serious flood over the last few days. 

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh speaks to the newspaper Thoi bao Kinh te Vietnam (Vietnam Economic Times) about the nation’s determination to win the war against border smuggling and fraudulent trading.

After being temporarily shut down due to landslides in the central province of Quang Binh, local sections of the North-South railway were reopened to traffic on October 17. 

VOV.VN - The Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control on October 17 held an urgent meeting in Hanoi to work out measures against Sarika typhoon which is forecast to hit provinces from Thai Binh to Quang Ninh on October 19.

The southern province of Phu Yen on October 17 started the construction of infrastructure for a hi-tech applied agricultural zone (AZ) with an investment of nearly US$22.6 million. 

VOV.VN - Jackpot winner Nguyen Thi Dao from the southern province of Tra Vinh, who won the lottery of US$4 million (VND92 billion) by Vietlott, says she plans to present 400 gifts to poor households.  

VOV.VN - Some of the biggest celebrities in Vietnam – including Phan Anh, Ho Ngoc Ha, Dam Vinh Hung, Tuan Hung, Pham Huong and My Linh, are helping to raise money for the victims of the flooding over the past weekend.

Prolonged heavy rain due to a tropical low pressure from October 14 - 15 inundated many streets and residential areas in the central provinces of Nghe An and Quang Binh.

Hanoi will arrange over VND72 trillion (US$3.24 billion) to implement a programme on developing agriculture, building new-style rural areas, and improving quality of local life in 2016-2020.

The first ever Vietnamese language class for Vietnamese descendants in Malaysia began on October 16.

The capital city is preparing to install an additional 20 air-monitoring stations, municipal officials say.

A national programme for comprehensive care of hemophilia, a hereditary blood disorder, is needed, according to Dr Phu Chi Dung, Head of HCM City Blood Transfusion Hematology Hospital.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee has launched its annual month-long SMS fundraising campaign to help youngsters and other needy people in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Here are photos taken on October 17, 2016 of the destruction and residents starting the long cleanup process in the wake of historic flooding in the Central Region caused by Typhoon Sarika.