VOV.VN -Vinpearl, a subsidiary of Vingroup, has been presented The Guide Awards 2016 in recognition of its outstanding performance in the tourism sector. 

At least two workers and 14 local residents are missing after a hydropower water tunnel collapsed in central Quang Nam Province on September 13.

VOV.VN - Thuy Dung, second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2016 pageant, and MC Hoang Oanh on September 13 presented gifts to 100 children with disabilities and Agent Orange victims in the southeastern province of Tay Ninh on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

VOV.VN - A ceremony to mark Vietnam’s 71st National Day was held by the Vietnam Embassy in Washington DC on September 12. 

The Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) on September 13 reported that around 200 Zika virus cases have been recorded since January, 2016, making Thailand one of the countries with the highest rate of Zika virus cases in the region. 

VOV.VN - In Vietnam the Mid-Autumn festival on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month is a festival for children. On this occasion, families, organizations, agencies, and communities show their love and care for the younger generation.

A super typhoon, named Meranti, has been formed off the northwestern Pacific Ocean, near the East Sea, according to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecast Centre.

The national flag carrier on September 13 changed schedules of four flights between Vietnam and Taiwan (China) due to super typhoon Meranti which is moving towards the East Sea.

A ceremony was held in Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam, Hanoi, on September 13 night to mark the 20th founding anniversary of the Wallonie-Bruxelles Delegation to Vietnam.

Up to 228 Vietnamese fishermen who had been arrested for accidentally fishing in Indonesia’s seas several months ago will be repatriated on September 14, marking the single biggest number of Vietnamese fishermen released by the country so far.

Deputy head of the Steering Committee for Central Highlands Region Dieu Kre received deputy head of the Lao Central Committee for Rural Development and Poverty Eradication Thongvanh Vilayheuang in Dak Lak province on September 13.

Vietnam earned another four awards in the latest round of the Partnerships for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER), a US-funded programme to fund scientific research in developing countries, the US Embassy in Vietnam announced on September 13. 

VOV.VN - A “Clean Up the World” campaign will be launched in central Quang Nam province from September 16-18. 

HCM City is experiencing an ongoing shortage of blood for transfusions due to a lack of donors.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited children cancer patients receiving treatment at the K Hospital in Hanoi, bringing them gifts on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival. 

Traffic on National Highway 16 in Lang Chanh district of the central province of Thanh Hoa has been interrupted because of the appearance of a sinkhole of 12 meters long, 9 meters wide, and 10 meters deep.

VOV.VN - After making landfall in Quang Nam and Quang Ngai central provinces on early September 13, tropical storm Rai has been weakened into a tropical depression.

Individuals, firms, tourism associations and financial institutions at home and abroad will have the opportunity to manage a tourism development assistance fund planned to be established in September, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - The first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 pageant Nguyen Tran Huyen My and Hanoi artists on September 12 presented  gifts to children with disabilities and Agent Orange victims at Huu Nghi (Friendship) Village, in Hoai Duc district, Hanoi on the Mid-Autumn Festival. 

Doctors have successfully removed a 10-kilogram tumor from the abdomen of a 44-year-old woman in Ha Tinh Province who had mistaken it for pregnancy.

Mass fish deaths have again struck Vietnam, this time in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa, with initial test results indicating that algal bloom is to blame.

One billion VND (US$45,000) will be granted for e-tourism initiatives to promote Vietnam ’s tourism to international markets, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

Vietnamese laborers are allowed to join Malaysia’s manufacturing, construction and plantation sectors.

The average price of smartphones sold in Vietnam is VND5 million, higher than last year’s price of VND4.2 million.

Indonesia on September 12 deployed 3,500 soldiers, police and firefighters, two helicopters and one plane to combat forest fires as the number of hotspots increased to 351.

A debate has been raised among educators and scholars about whether to teach Chinese writing in the public school system.

Various activities have been held across the country to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival (which falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month).

A Korean passenger who flew business class has been fined by a Vietnamese airport operator for disturbing a Korean Air flight that landed in Hanoi last week.

A special event celebrating mid-autumn festival in ASEAN countries will be held to enhance mutual understanding among the bloc.

The Animals Asia on September 12 announced that it has received a Malayan sun bear and two monkeys that were caged as pets in Buon Ma Thuot city, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.