Renewing management mechanisms and reducing the number of employees on the State payroll are needed to replace incompetent civil servants with qualified ones, said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan.

Outstanding farmers from 63 cities and provinces nationwide were honoured at a ceremony held in Hanoi on October 14 in the presence of President Tran Dai Quang.

A Chinese driver crashed his car into a Vietnamese on motorbike in the southern province of Binh Duong on October 14 and fled the scene immediately, with the victim pronounced dead shortly thereafter.

VOV.VN - Two more Zika cases have been reported in Ho Chi Minh City, bringing the total number of confirmed cases this year to seven as of October 15, the Ministry of Health has reported.

VOV.VN - Torrential rains, whirlwinds and serious floods have left at least 21 people dead and missing and dozens injured and caused severe damage for residents and production in the central provinces.

VOV.VN - The government of Vietnam declared a state of emergency on October 15 in the lead up to typhoon Sarika in parts of the nation already hit by torrential rain and floods that have left at least 21 people dead and missing and dozens injured, authorities said.

The administration of Thua Thien-Hue, a central province hit by the mass fish deaths earlier this year, has been asked to constantly supervise the payment of compensatory money to the affected residents. 

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on October 14 signed licences granted to the military-run Viettel Group and the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Group (VNPT) to set up public telecommunication networks and provide 4G services. 

A seminar was held in Hanoi on October 14 to discuss the impacts of labour commitments that Vietnam has made in the Vietnam-European Union Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)’s sustainable development programme. 

Ho Chi Minh City wants to learn from Japan’s experience in addressing environmental pollution in urban areas, according to a Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

The model of detoxification for drug addicts in family and community has proved to be effective after one year of implementation in Ho Chi Minh City, the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs reported on October 14. 

The Ministry of Information and Communications launched the 46th Universal Postal Union (UPU) national letter writing contest at a ceremony in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 14. 

The Vietnamese Government’s scholarships for 2016 were presented to 35 children of overseas Vietnamese in Laos at a ceremony in Vientiane, Laos, on October 14. 

VOV.VN - On October 14, the Ministry of Health and the Supporting Fund for Cancer Patients – Bright Future on October 14 jointly launched a campaign to provide free breast cancer screening for 10,000 women from 40 years old throughout the country.

The Philippine Health Ministry on October 14 reported two new cases of Zika virus infection, bringing the country’s total number of Zika virus infections to 17 this year.

Vietnam is taking numerous measures to ensure food security in the context of increasing climate change. 

VOV.VN -Firefighters battled a five-alarm warehouse fire in Hanoi that started on the morning of October 14 at the Huu Bang Commune in the Thach That District, a fire chief said.

Torrential rains and whirlwinds taking place on October 13 and 14 have caused severe damage for residents and production in the central provinces of Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. 

Two senior officials have pledged that national healthcare and social insurance funding will not run out, but cautioned that appropriate reforms and adjustments were needed.

Vietnamese craftsmen have applied traditional lacquer techniques to create a unique item – an Italian-brand scooter inlaid with eggshell.

HCM City plans to have a paper-free administration, digitising all documents in Government offices to streamline administrative procedures and reduce costs, a top leader has said.

The central provinces of Thua Thien-Hue and Quang Tri are working to ensure the progress of paying compensation covered by Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, which was behind maritime environmental pollution in the four central coastal localities.

Eight single graves and a mass grave filled with soldiers who died during wars against the French and US have been found in the southern province of Dong Nai so far this year.

Broward College, one of the top ten community colleges in the US, is looking to increase its presence on the Vietnamese higher education sector.

About two million Vietnamese children under five years old have not met the height standard of their age group, facing risks of being short and having a low body mass when they fully grow up.

Outdated wage policy was named a primary cause of bureaucratic corruption in Vietnam by experts at a conference on wage reform in Hanoi on October 12, local daily Thanh Nien (Young People) reported.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has intensified inspections of industrial zones to ensure they build and operate concentrated waste water treatment systems. 

Female ambassadors and chief representatives of international organisations, and wives of foreign ambassadors to Vietnam joined together in a tour to relic and tourist sites in the northern province of Ninh Binh on October 13.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Vietnam have signed a loan agreement worth US$231.3 million that will help the country construct and upgrade its power transmission networks in the southern region. 

Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Company on October 13 proposed a construction planning for Ly Son island to the Quang Ngai People’s Committee.