A photo exhibition featuring the legendary Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos during the 1961-1975 period, a symbol of Vietnam-Laos special solidarity, was opened in Vientiane, Laos on September 26, marking the 55th anniversary of the Tay Truong Son (West Truong Son) road (1961-2016). 

The Philippine Ministry of Health has confirmed three new cases of Zika virus, bringing the number of locally-transmitted Zika virus to 12 cases this year, including a pregnant woman.

VOV.VN -Prince William has announced he will visit Vietnam this November to attend a series of engagements close to his heart – wildlife conservation.

VOV.VN - The US Navy has announced its guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) will moor at Tien Sa Port in Danang to participate in bilateral training exercises from Sept. 28-Oct.1 with their counterparts from the Vietnam Navy.

VOV.VN - Model, college lecturer and coach Pham Thi Huong of The Face served up meals with smiles and friendship at the Ben San Leprosy Centre on September 25 in Binh Duong Province.

The Vietnam Coast Guard has received another multi-functional vessel in a move to defend the country’s maritime sovereignty.

A new typhoon has formed in waters northeast of the Philippines and may enter the East Sea waters on September 27.

VOV.VN -Four weeks after the experiment in pedestrianising the whole area around Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, pedestrian streets have become an interesting destination for both domestic and foreign visitors every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

These are the first cases reported in the country since spring.

Vietnam Day 2016, themed “Journey to the Motherland” was held on September 24 in Wellington, New Zealand, to celebrate the 71st anniversary of Vietnam’s Independence Day. 

The Paris-based Companion Fund has presented 3,124 scholarships worth a total 260,000 EUR to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in Vietnamese universities during 15 years of operation, it was reported at the fund’s founding anniversary in Paris on September 24. 

Phan Xuan Dung, Chairman of the National Assembly Committee for Science, Technology and Environment (NACSTE), talks to Vietnam Economic Times about the country’s science and technology level.

The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has been honoured with the Golden World Award 2016 for its work with the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises (NHO) in developing a new vocational training model in Vietnam. 

Japan’s Fuji Engineering Co., Ltd commenced a project to build houses for rent and provide services for experts and workers at Japanese enterprises in the Dong Van I Industrial Zone in the northern province of Ha Nam. 

Representatives from 182 member countries of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild fauna and flora (CITES) are gathering at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP17) in Johannesburg, South Africa from September 24 to October 5.

A meeting was held in Hanoi’s outskirts district of Ba Vi on September 24 in response to World Rabies Day (September 28).

European countries on the route used by more than a million migrants to reach the continent last year agreed on September 24 to focus on the more easily achievable ways to prevent another influx than the big issues the EU is divided over, Austria said.

They found the women as they were about to be sold to China across the border.

Vietnam ICT Summit 2016 officially launched on September 24 under the theme “Digital revolution - Opportunities and Challenges”.

The Vietnam Book of Records (Vietkings) has recognized a little girl as the country’s youngest songstress.

A Vietnamese girl came out atop hundreds of other submissions to a letter-writing competition with a touching letter from the perspective of the Syrian refugee boy who drowned last year in the Mediterranean Sea.

The British Business Group Vietnam will host its 16th Annual Fun Run for Charity in District 7’s Phu My Hung Urban Area on September 25. 

President Tran Dai Quang urged the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to reform trade union activities at his working session with the confederation in Hanoi on September 24.

VOV.VN - Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) on September 23 confirmed that 16 pregnant women in the country have been infected with the Zika virus.

VOV.VN -  As one of the countries most affected by climate change, Vietnam has proactively adapted to extreme weather phenomena, especially the climate’s influence on agricultural production. A number of solutions have been applied.  

VOV.VN - Of the countless challenges that Vietnam faces today, perhaps the most overpowering is how to shape the Fourth Industrial Revolution that began at the turn of the century, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

At least 133 bodies had been recovered by September 23 from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants that capsized off Egypt two days earlier, Egyptian officials said.

AES-VCM Mong Duong Power Company has organised a first-aid training for more than 160 local people at the clinic of the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Mong Duong ward where the company’s US$2 billion thermal power plant is located.

The Rex Hotel in downtown HCMC will play host to a free-admission exhibition of commemorative stamps of Thailand and Vietnam on September 24-25 on the lobby level.

More than US$67 million has been poured into the central province of Quang Tri to help it clear bombs and mines left from the war over the past two decades.