Officials and economic experts have emphasized regional connectivity as the key to sustainable economic development in the southeast region. 

The Vice Mayor of the Lao capital of Vientiane, Keophilavanh Aphaylath, visited the southern province of Binh Duong on September 16 to learn from its experience in developing infrastructure and policies on attracting investment. 

Malaysia’s Institute for Medical Research ( IMR ) has been carrying out tests to determine the type of Zika virus on two new patients. 

VOV.VN -  On September 16,  a campaign against dengue and Zika virus disease was launched by Hanoi’s Health Department and authorities of the outlying district of Hoai Duc.

VOV.VN -A new  International Labor Organization (ILO) study shows that most sex workers entered the job voluntarily but had limited control of occupational safety and health implications.

Vietnam has achieved significant results in implementing the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. 

The Ministry of Health’s Drug Administration will withdraw registration numbers and stop selling antibacterial soaps on the market if they find them unsafe or if warnings about the soap are issued by international organisations.

Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen, who were released by Indonesia on September 14 after caught for illegal fishing in its seas, arrived in Vung Tau city in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau safely on September 16.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee has called on the Can Tho Party Committee to pass a resolution to develop the city into a smart city in the next 10 years.

A workshop with focus on the preservation of cultural heritage and wastewater treatment in downtown areas was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 15. 

A project to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers and help them adapt to climate change has aided 2,400 households in southern Tien Giang province from 2013. 

An international workshop was held in the central province of Thua Thien Hue on September 16 to seek ways to preserve and promote cultural heritage values during the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945).

The HCM City administration has received a proposal from a US-based company to develop a smart transportation system using US$300 million borrowed from investment bank Morgan Stanley.

A training course on strengthening the enforcement of the law on wildlife protection was held in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong from September 13-16.

The Selayang Sessions Court of Malaysia on September 15 denied the bail request of a man accused of trafficking five Vietnamese women in August 2016. 

At the 2016 Mekong Tourism Alliance Awards (MTAA) announced last week, Vietnam Airlines shared Best Airlines of the Year with Cambodia’s Angkor Air, Lao Airlines, Myanmar Airways International and Thai Airways.

The Vietnam Green Trees and Parks Association has urged the HCM City Transport Department to allocate more funds to examine 5,500 trees in the city after two people were killed by falling trees in the last three weeks. 

In Vietnam’s crowded public hospitals, patients only get one or two minutes with a doctor instead of 15-20, leading to inadequate health literacy and less effective treatment, according to a leading health researcher.

Lawmakers are set to debate a new proposal to lift the retirement age in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A large number of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in Laos gathered at Phat Tich, a Buddhist temple in Vientiane on September 15 for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Officials say that drinking more milk will help Vietnamese reach a new high.

VOV.VN - Miss Universe Vietnam 2015 Pham Huong on September 15 presented Mid-Autumn Festival gifts to disadvantaged elderly and children at a pagoda in Ho Chi Minh city and another in Long An province.

Vietnam’s non-compliance rate of 6.6% recorded for the minimum wage in the garment, textile and footwear sectors is the lowest among seven garment exporting countries in Asia, says a new report of the International Labor Organization (ILO).

The proportion of migrants using covert means to enter Europe is expected to rise sharply this year despite European nations pouring at least 17 billions euros (US$19 billion) into reducing migration over the past 18 months, researchers said on September 16.

The Zika infection case discovered in Japan on September 12 is not Vietnamese, confirmed the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine on September 15. 

A seminar on urban planning, held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 15, attracted experts from Vietnamese localities and Ile-de-France region of France. 

VOV.VN - Huyen My recently joined with other celebs in the performance of a Mid-Autumn Festival play entitled ‘Chú cuội chơi trăng’ to raise money for disadvantaged youth in Vietnam.

Vietnam hopes to expand cooperation with Japan in three priority areas in information and communications technology (ICT) following a Vietnam-Japan policy dialogue on ICT in Hanoi on September 15. 

A landslide triggered by heavy rain left two people dead and five others missing in Quy Chau district, central Nghe An province, which borders Nhu Xuan district, Thanh Hoa province, on early September 14.

State and local officials have granted gifts to children, especially, poor, underprivileged and ill children across the country on the occasion of this year’s Mid-autumn festival, annually held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar (September 15 this year).