Customs officials in Germany have confiscated about 1,2 tons of ivory - the biggest such haul in the country, officials said in a news conference in Berlin on September 09.

A Vietnamese taxi operator has offered to give a cab as gift to a truck driver, who bravely saved a bus with brake problems on its way down a mountain pass in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on September 6.

Ho Chi Minh City administration is determined to build the southern Vietnamese metropolis into a smart city, municipal chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said on September 9.

The world’s biggest jade Buddha statue has continued its tour to convey the peace message in Vietnam when it arrived at Tich Son pagoda in northern Vinh Phuc province on September 10. 

The UN Women Vietnam, in coordination with the Vietnam Women Union, has provided 3,000 packages of hygiene products for disadvantaged women and girls in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum. 

VOV.VN - On September 10,  a training course on gender equality was jointly launched by Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV), the Ministry of Education and Training, and the United Nations Education, Science, Culture Organisation (UNESCO) Vietnam Office. 

The HCM City People’s Court has given a 30-year prison sentence to Pham Cong Danh, a former bank executive, for his wrongdoings and violations of banking rules that caused losses of over 9,000 trillion VND (404 million USD). 

Facebook Inc on September 9 reinstated a photo of a naked girl fleeing a napalm attack during the American war in Vietham, after a public outcry over its removal of the image including harsh criticism from Norway's prime minister.

Lam Dong authorities have seized a large gemstone that a farmer found in his coffee farm in the Central Highlands province.

The Hue University in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 9 presented the Honorary Professor title to two professors Kiyoshi Morita and Kim Doo-chul, who are working at the Okayama University, Japan.

Indonesia will repatriate over 200 Vietnamese fishermen who were arrested for fishing in Indonesia’s seas next week. 

VOV.VN - A new brand of physics based science degree has been launched by the Vietnam-Japan University that combines core physics with courses on applications of science in the modern world. 

VOV.VN - Vietnamese and Japanese legislators have discussed ways to further cooperation on agriculture, tourism, and climate change response.

VOV.VN - Bookworms, writers and publishers can rejoice now that Autumn Book Fair 2016 (September 9-13) has transformed the Thong Nhat Park in Hanoi into a word-filled haven.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications and Son La province co-hosted an exhibition of historical and legal evidence of Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos.

VOV.VN - Many children, especially the poor and those living in rural and medically underserved areas of Vietnam, lack access to health care services, says Pham Duc Muc, president of the Vietnam Nurses Association.

India has proposed establishing a joint task force to study the expansion of a project on the India-Myanmar-Thailand trilateral highway connecting with Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

Northern Quang Ninh province, which is home to world heritage site Ha Long bay, has worked with Swiss company Mister Loo AG on a plan to build environmentally-friendly public toilets in an effort to protect people’s health and the environment.

A meeting was held in Hanoi on September 9 to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

A national meeting was held in Hanoi on September 9 to prepare for the ninth ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML), slated for this November in Vientiane, Laos. 

The second facility to teach Vietnamese language in the Wellington Region, New Zealand, has been put into operation recently in an effort to preserve Vietnam’s identities among young expatriates. 

The monthly minimum wage will increase by an average of 7.3% next year.  

Four secondary schools and high schools in HCM City in upcoming 2016-2017 academic year will teach Korean as part of a pilot programme, according to the city’s Department of Training and Education.

Vietnamese expatriates in Australia are hoped to make more contributions to the socio-economic development of Hanoi and Vietnam in general.

VOV.VN - The Bahamas flagship Legend of the Seas anchored at Cam Ranh International Port in Nha Trang City on September 8, bringing 1,800 visitors and 740 crewmen to the central coastal tourist destination.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered that urgent measures be applied to the country’s environmental protection initiatives, a move backed by many experts fearing the fallout from growing pollution issues across Vietnam.

Boldly going where no Vietnamese has gone before.

French television channel France 24 has been permitted by the Ministry of Information and Communications to provide its English broadcast service to pay TV companies in Vietnam.

Traffic accidents kill thousands of people every year in Vietnam and more than 40% of road fatalities involve drinking and driving, official data have shown. 

Forest rangers in Lam Dong province in the Central Highlands have caught a man with 21 rare monkeys.