At least 38 people were killed and 28 were injured in Afghanistan after a fuel tanker collided with a passenger bus, causing a massive explosion, local officials said on September 4.

VOV.VN - Danang City led Vietnamese provinces and cities in Provincial Administrative Reform (PAR Index) in 2015 for the fifth consecutive time. 

Some provisions of the Labor Code have placed difficulties on enterprises, especially those with a high number of workers.

There were more than 8,600 traffic violations, with fines totaling US$215,000.

Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) authorities have issued a ban on playing Pokemon Go in government offices during working hours out of fear that the staff might focus more on the game instead of their duties.

Vietnam’s emerging fashion industry is a tempting market for westerners seeking to kick-start their modeling career, but life as a foreign model here is not always a bed of roses.

Vietnam has taken some important first steps toward same-sex marriage recognition, with hope remaining that it will happen in the future, the founder of a UScoalition committed to the freedom of same-gender couples to marry has said.

The General Department of Preventive Medicine sought measures to assure the early detection of the Zika infection in high risks areas through its online meeting in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, the Central Highlands and the central province of Khanh Hoa. 

The number of Zika infections in Singapore stood at 189 as of September 2. 

VOV.VN - Hundreds of dignitaries and guests celebrated the 71st anniversary of Vietnam National Day (September 2) in the Middle Eastern capital city of Cairo at the Vietnam Embassy in Egypt.

A Vietnamese fisherman who sustained a serious injury while working at sea has fully recovered and is ready to return to the homeland thanks to the help of both Vietnamese and Chinese sides. 

VOV.VN - Thanks to favourable weather, residents from all over the metropolitan area got to watch the night sky light up over the Saigon River for a 15-minute celebration of the 71st anniversary of Vietnam National Day.

At his own house in Nakhon Phanom province’s Mueang Nakhon Phanom district in Thailand, Dao Trong Ly has a private room to worship Uncle Ho and uses another as a painting studio. In the room still messed with pens, powders and unfinished paintings.

A British man will cycle 1,600km from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City in 16 days next month to raise awareness and funds to help Vietnamese children with congenital heart disease.

A Ho Chi Minh City-based university is set to provide free online math courses to children from six to twelve years old from September.

The Prime Minister has issued Decision No. 1717/QD-TTg on the establishment of Tran Nhan Tong Institute on the campus of the Hanoi-based Vietnam National University.

The Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union on September 2 held a collective wedding for 100 couples who are working in industrial parks, export processing zones and other facilities in the city and adjacent areas. 

The Centre for Knowledge Assistance and Community Development (CKACD) has been awarded the 2016 UNESCO Literacy Prize for its programme “Books for rural areas of Vietnam.”

A bicycle race around Ho Chi Minh City was organised on September 2 to mark the 71st National Day, with the competition of 200 racers from the city and neighbouring localities, including foreigners living in Vietnam. 

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Dinh La Thang offered incense and paid floral tribute to the late President Ho Chi Minh at a museum and memorial park dedicated to him on September 2 on the occasion of the 71st anniversary of National Day.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on September 2 visited Vong La village in Vong La commune, Dong Anh district, a revolutionary safety zone where hosted senior leaders of the Party and State in the 1941-1945 period, on the occasion of the 71st National Day. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 2 attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kim Quy cultural, tourism and amusement park in Vinh Ngoc commune, Hanoi’s suburban district of Dong Anh.

Vallet scholarships were awarded to 272 outstanding students from the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri during a ceremony in Quang Binh on September 1. 

Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has given nod to the establishment of six parishes at the request of provincial Diocese’s Bishop. 

VOV.VN -After years of discussion a walking plaza, free of insidious motorbikes and rude drivers, around Hoan Kim Lake is finally in the preliminary stages of becoming a reality.

VOV.VN - Malindo Air has launched an additional new international route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Hanoi effective September 1, becoming the third Malaysian airline to have done so.

A Korean textile firm director in the central province of Quang Nam died after being crushed by a massive glass block on August 31, in what appears to be a workplace accident.

Vietnam’s Embassy in Japan and Consulate General in Fukuoka prefecture have worked to repatriate the body of a student who drowned in Fukuoka.

International advanced learning software to promote interaction between students and teachers were presented for three schools in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 1. 

Vietnam and the United Nations will focus on poverty reduction, sustainable development with resilience to climate change and improved national governance and people’s access to justice and fairness, in the next five years.