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Outdated wage policy was named a primary cause of bureaucratic corruption in Vietnam by experts at a conference on wage reform in Hanoi on October 12, local daily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

An Algerian-French artist has presented the Vietnamese Embassy in France with a portrait of late President Ho Chi Minh made of small pieces of paper. 

The first steel overpass in the inner northern city of Hai Phong at the most crowded intersection is expected to be put into operation in January next year.

VOV.VN - If you want to know Hanoi, walk the city streets and get to know every side street and the quirk and character of its people. How many eke out a living speaks volumes about their depth of character and grit.

VOV.VN - Concerned about a shortage of construction workers for an expected building boom ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Japan is looking to tap into Vietnamese labour to bridge the gap.

A text-message campaign will be activated from October 15 to November 30 to raise fund for the poor, especially those from extremely difficult areas and ethnic minority groups. 

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) on October 12 seized a boat with 20 Vietnamese fishermen onboard for allegedly entering waters 26 nautical miles from Tanjung Sedili to the southeast.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society was selected to represent national organisations in Southeast Asia to host a meeting marking International Day for Disaster Reduction in the central province of Quang Nam on October 13. 

Atomic energy has been successfully applied in various sectors in Vietnam like health care, industry and agriculture, heard a seminar in Hanoi on October 13.

VOV.VN - Twenty Vietnamese fishermen have been detained by the Malaysian Navy for illegally trespassing in disputed territorial waters 26 nautical miles southeast of Tanjung Sedili, per multiple news sources.

Demolition work on the Saigon Tax Trade Centre, built by the French 135 years ago, began on October 12 in HCM City to make way for a 40-storey office and hotel tower and the first metro subway route.

The upcoming pilot programme for Public-Private Partnership (PPP), which was recently approved by the Prime Minister, will focus on strengthening the country’s science and technology progress. 

A law on renewable energy is needed to ensure sustainable and effective development of renewable energy, according to Dr. Duong Duy Hoat from the Institute of Energy Science. 

A proposal that the retirement age be raised in the amended Labor Law will be submitted to the National Assembly (NA) in 2017, according to Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Pham Minh Huan.

Some 463 taxi drivers in Hanoi have had their badge revoked for violating a regulation on driving time set by the municipal Department of Transport.

More than 150 trees in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been trimmed, chopped down or relocated to provide space for the construction of urban railway and metro projects.

More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, ANTARA News quoted Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei as saying.

Salaries of officials, public servants and those working in the armed forces should not base on the minimum wage, heard a workshop in Hanoi on October 12.

A photo exhibition featuring the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos during the 1961-1975 period opened in the Lao central province of Savannakhet on October 12.

The twinning relationship between border villages of the northern province of Son La and Houaphan province of Laos has helped foster cultural exchange and experience sharing in economic development between the two border localities.

VOV.VN -It has been unveiled that construction of the 1,000-bed Ho Chi Minh City Paediatrics Hospital, the city’s third children’s hospital, is on track with the grand opening set to be held later this year.

VOV.VN -  The Vietnam Youth Federation on October 12 announced its social welfare projects to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the organization (October 15).

The Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Institute of Transport Science and Technology (ITSC) jointly held a conference in Danang on October 11 to review a project to develop landslide risk assessment technology along the transportation arteries in Vietnam. 

Malaysian police on October 12 rescued 26 Vietnamese women from a brothel in Bandar Botanic, Klang, Kuala Lumpur.