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.

VOV.VN - On September 1, more than 60 scholars and experts from ASEAN member states gathered for the second international seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia aiming to seek peaceful solutions to the East Sea disputes from the regional grouping's perspective.

VOV.VN - The head of Russia’s Federal Tourism Agency has announced that it is considering proposed mutual visa-free group tourist exchanges with Vietnam, on the same basis that it now offers Chinese residents.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Inspection launched its website at www.ubkttw.vn , on September 1. 

Parks, cinemas and theatres in HCM City will be alive with festivities in celebration of the 71st anniversary of National Day on September 2. 

The construction of the long-delayed amusement park and zoo in Vietnam has sped up since the government of HCM City has allowed Vinpearl Joint Stock Company (Vinpearl) to work with a foreign partner, which is drawing up detailed plans. 

Fifteen initiatives aiming to protect the environment and improve people’s livelihood and living standards were introduced at a workshop-exhibition in Hanoi on September 1.

Malaysia on September 1 reported the first case of Zika virus in the country.

The Ministry of Public Security has proposed reducing jail terms for 24,826 prisoners on the occasion of the 71st National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - A routine search by Son La border guards on the evening of August 31 has led to the seizure of 10 cakes of heroin and two arrests. 

Additional facilities will be built at the overloaded Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to raise its capacity to 40-50 million passengers per year.

All organisations and individuals affected by the environmental incident in the four central provinces will receive compensation, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Vu Van Tam said at the Government’s monthly press conference on August 31.

Twenty three police officers from Asia, Australia, the Middle East and the Netherlands are attending the 41st Asia Region Law Enforcement Management Program, a training course that opened in HCM City on August 30. 

The Office of the Judiciary has brought youth from Southern border provinces to observe the court’s judicial procedures as part of the Belia Thai Sejiwa Sehati campaign, informing them on their rights and duties as youths according to the law. 

A boat service is set to begin on Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Canal in September to help relieve traffic congestion in Bangkok and to promote local tourism. 

The Tourism Authority of Thailand’s (TAT) ''Experience Thailand with Mario Maurer'' campaign has aimed at attracting more travelers from China and the Philippines, among other ASEAN countries. 

VOV.VN - Prisoners at Hanoi police’s detention centres moved to tear when getting amnesty to reunite with their families before the National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) jointly organised a consultation workshop with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the GIZ on Vietnam’s implementation plan for the Paris Agreement (PA).

A court in the central province of Khanh Hoa on August 31 handed down jail sentences against three Russian men for using fake bank cards to steal US$13,180 worth of cash from local ATMs last year.

The number of wildlife trafficking cases has been increasing at a breakneck speed in recent years. 

About VND3 billion (US$134,490) is needed for treating rubbish in Ho Chi Minh City on a daily basis, creating heavy burden on the city’s coffers.

Appropriate treatment and a fair, open, transparent and professional work and social environment are critical to promoting the intelligentsia’s devotion to the national development. 

A 3-month-old elephant calf has been found dead in Yok Don National Park in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, the third death in this year.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Government Legislation will continue working closely together to effectively carry out the 2015-2016 agreement and devise annual cooperation schemes that ensure effectiveness and feasibility. 

The three-year implementation of the 2012 Labour Code was the main theme of a seminar held in the central city of Da Nang on August 30-31 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) in conjunction with the USAID’s Governance for Inclusive Growth Programme. 

The 71st National Day of Vietnam (September 2) has been observed by the Vietnamese Embassies in India, Laos and Mozambique. 

The second phase of a project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has made practical contributions to protecting the environment of Ha Long Bay – a UNESCO-recognised World Natural Heritage, heard a conference in Quang Ninh province on August 31. 

 About 1.5 million elderly people in Vietnam are benefiting from regular social allowances which have had positive impacts on the material and spiritual life of the targeted group. 

VOV.VN - Deputy head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Bui Thanh Ha has affirmed his committee's readiness to dispatch its senior officials to Laos to provide training courses on religious affairs.