The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is drawing up plans for a project on sustainable forest protection, restoration and development in the Central Highlands in an effort to stop the loss of forest coverage. 

 A fuel cell laboratory inaugurated at the Vietnam National University-HCM City Laboratory for Nanotechnology on September 21 is expected to help sustainable rural development by producing highly efficient fuel-cell technologies to generate electricity from bio-waste. 

How to effectively implement Decision No. 985a /QD-TTg approving the national action plan on air quality management up to 2020, with a vision toward 2025, was the subject of a conference held in Hanoi on September 22. 

Eleven parcels weighing 82.5kg that are suspected of containing narcotics have been seized while waiting to be shipped to the US by post. 

 An international seminar on sharing New Zealand’s experience in prostitution management was held in Hanoi on September 22.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has praised the Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE)’s chapters and members for their efforts and contributions to promoting study, talents, education reform to build a learning society.

The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) has launched a drive to encourage the donation of documents and artefacts to the Vietnam Press Museum. 

A workshop on enhancing vulnerable groups’ capacity of disaster risk management and climate change adaptation was held by the Association for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities in the central province of Quang Binh on September 21.

VOV.VN - The Hoan Kiem District People’s Committee has announced big plans to expand the areas where it puts pedestrians first.

Soft loans provided in the northwestern region helped lift more than 318,000 families out of poverty between 2011 and 2015. 

VOV.VN -On September 21, Miss Vietnam 2014 Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen presented nearly 300 gifts to poor households in Tan Chau district, Tay Ninh province.

Many European Union (EU) nations are helping Vietnam tackle climate change through various projects. 

The national congress on hematology and blood transfusion opened in the north central city of Thanh Hoa on September 21.

The Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC) launched a project to provide electricity to rural households in the southernmost province of Ca Mau on September 21.

A technical assistance project funded by the Dutch Government has been successful in enhancing training capacity for the Water Resources University and the Hanoi University of Natural Resources & Environment. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for joint efforts to build a learning society and support talent to boost Vietnam’s integration. 

The winner of a Vietnamese beauty pageant organized in Moscow nearly a decade ago appeared in court on September 21 on fraud charges, after conning a local businessman of nearly US$740,000 in 2013.

Vietnamese goods remain stranded at sea after cargo ships owned by the Korean shipping line Hanjin refused to dock for fear of being held hostage to debt payment demands.

Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s leading life insurer Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Limited, on September 20 organised the launching ceremony of the CSR Foundation “For A Better Life” at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi.

The migrant worker said she was afraid she could not take care of her baby.

A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on September 21, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among migrants trying to reach Europe.

Drug baron Trang A Tang and eight accomplices have been given death sentence while three others have received life imprisonment for their involvement in trafficking 1,791 heroin bricks and 553 drug pills.

The Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCMUSSH) on September 21 organised “Hindi Language Day” with many cultural and art activities.

VOV.VN -  The Israeli Embassy and the Hanoi’s People Committee have co-hosted a workshop to learn from Israeli experience in the foundation of an ecosystem favoring creativity and business start-ups. 

VOV.VN - 250 manufacturers and distributors from 18 countries and territories are displaying their products at the International Security and Fire Safety Exhibition in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Reporters and editors have attended a two-day training workshop this week on gender equality and education for girls and women to improve the quality of their reporting.

 About 20,000 students at primary and secondary schools in the southern province of Ba Ria–Vung Tau are expected to benefit from an eye care project, ​which was launched by the province’s Health Department on September 20. 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a conference in Hanoi on September 21 to review the three-year enforcement of the Labour Code 2012 and acquire feedback of businesses from Hanoi and the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Ha Nam and Bac Ninh. 

 Chairman of the Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to better protect the interest of workers ahead of pressures from upcoming free trade agreements.

Those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will have the opportunity to receive free legal counsel, for example in employment and marriage issues, in a national pilot project kicking off soon.