Ho Chi Minh City is losing more than a quarter of its tap water through pipe leaks and ruptures, which translates to a loss of more than US$130,000 every day.

More than 30 people have been rescued by 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.

The Zika virus behind an outbreak in Singapore was likely evolved from a strain already circulating in Southeast Asia in the 1960s, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said on September 8. 

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has been granted with the Best Airlines of The Year award at the ongoing International Travel Expo in Ho Chi Minh City. 

President Tran Dai Quang on September 8 sent his letter of congratulation to truck driver Phan Van Bac for his bravery to save the lives of 30 passengers travelling on a coach through a pass in from the Central Highlands of Lam Dong province recently. 

The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City inked a cooperation agreement with the Prosecutors’ Office of the Republic of Korea’s Busan city on September 8. 

Hanoi wants to continue getting help from Japan in many fields, particularly urban transport, greening, and the environment. 

Strides have been made in Vietnam to eradicate illiteracy over the last seventy years, and efforts to promote literacy continue today. 

VOV.VN - On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn festival, former Miss Vietnam 2008 Thuy Dung visited and presented thousands of gifts to children being treated at the Vietnam National Hospital of Paediatrics in Hanoi.

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan and Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunication Tram Iv Tek held talks in Hanoi on September 8 to seek stronger cooperation.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked ministries and authorities to speed up the building of social housing in industrial and economic zones nationwide.

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed districts and relevant departments to urgently draft plans to relocate people living in erosion-prone areas.

The Vietnamese embassy in the Czech Republic hosted a ceremony on September 6 celebrating the 71 st anniversary of National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - A four-day exhibition has opened on September 8 in Binh Thuan Province chronicling the historical and legal evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos. 

A cooperation agreement signing ceremony between the Vietnam Farmer’s Union (VFU) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) phase 2016-2020 took place in Hanoi on September 7.

A free medical checkup and gift offering programme will come to people in nine impoverished communes in the mountainous district of Kon Plong, the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum from September 11-18.

The overall health of retirees has improved and so retirement ages should be raised, Deputy Minister of Labor, Ward Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam has said.

 Singapore reported eight new Zika cases on September 7, fewer than the number of cases on previous days. 

Hydrocephalus, a brain condition that can cause loss of mental and physical ability if left untreated, has not prevented a 10-year-old boy from playing football at a field in Ho Chi Minh City’s Bình Thạnh District.

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam celebrates its 71st founding anniversary on September 7.

The Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) and the French Research Institute for Development (IRD) have signed a science-technology cooperation agreement during French President Francois Hollande’s State visit from September 5-7. 

As many as 10,000 cases violating alcohol concentration regulations while driving were handled nationwide in August this year, mostly in Hanoi, Danang, Can Tho and Ho Chi Minh City, according to a senior police officer. 

VOV.VN - On September 7,the 15th annual Hospital Management Asia 2016 conference opened in Ho Chi Minh City, drawing the participation of 1,000 representatives, including 700 foreign guests from 35 countries.

VOV.VN - Malaysia's Immigration Department has arrested six people as part of a major swoop across the country to flush out illegal immigrants, reports the Johor Immigration Department.

More than 300 plant variety protection certificates have been granted to plant breeders in Vietnam during the ten-year implementation of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) Convention, heard a workshop in Hanoi on September 7.

An international conference seeking to mitigate power loss in transmission and distribution systems is taking place in Hanoi on September 7-8, attracting speakers from Japan, India, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. 

The Ministry of Health has urged localities to take drastic prevention measures in response to an increase of Zika infections in Southeast Asian countries.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) will provide a non-refundable aid of VND99.5 billion (US$4.5 million) for a project to help the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho mechanise its agriculture. 

Online books will be the highlight of the Autumn Book Fair scheduled to take place at Thong Nhat Park from September 9-13. 

VOV.VN - The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Vietnam and FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific will present Model Farmer Awards to Pham Thi Huan, a Vietnam farmer, for her outstanding achievements in agricultural production.