It is necessary to build an annual long-term fundraising programme to promptly support people affected by natural disasters, heard a conference held by the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee in Hanoi on August 26. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has urged ministries to accelerate the building of institutions for the national target programme on building new-style rural areas as the current pace has yet to meet the demand. 

The military aircraft crash during a training session in the central province of Phu Yen, on August 26 morning was caused by engine failure, according to the Ministry of Defence.

At least 6,000 grass cutters are on the verge of losing their jobs following Hanoi’s decision to halt the trimming work on most of the city’s lawn median strips.

Green Farm Asia Co., Ltd in Cu Knia commune, Cu Jut district in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong, was fined VND427.5 million (US$19,237) for violating regulations on environmental protection.

VOV.VN - Politburo member and Secretary of the municipal Party’s Committee Hoang Trung Hai has underscored the need to enhance the role and responsibility of all-level Party committees, authorities and agencies in the fight against corruption.

Hanoi has been listed among 20 most attractive cities globally in software production, and is striving to stand in top 10, revealed Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications Phan Lan Tu. 

VOV.VN - Prominent Israeli scientists and water practitioners chaired a workshop on August 28 in Hanoi discussing water evaluation and planning, sponsored by the Embassy of Israel in Vietnam.

It is unnecessary to use advanced technology to clean the marine environment in the four central provinces hit by the recent marine pollution as the coral reef ecosystem and seafood resources monitored there have shown signs of recovery. 

VOV.VN - A military jet crashed on Highway 1 in the central province of Phu Yen at approximately 8:45 a.m. on August 26 just minutes after take-off, killing the sole pilot on board.

VOV.VN - A meeting was held in Hanoi on August 25 by the Korean Cultural Centre in Vietnam, Samsung Life Insurance and Korea Foundation for Women to review a project in support of children of multicultural families to visit their maternal homeland. 

VOV.VN - Vietnam Software and IT Service Association (VINASA) will compete at the Asia-Pacific Information Communication Technology Awards (APICTA) – one of most noble information and communication technology (ICT) awards in Asia-Pacific region. 

The world’s largest jade Buddha statue is being exhibited in Dau pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

The Health Ministry will have mechanisms encouraging obstetricians and pediatricians to commit to long-term practice in mountainous and underprivileged areas as part of its 2016-2020 national action plan on health care for mothers and children. 

VOV.VN - The Australian Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT and Prudential Vietnam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in enhancing employment opportunities for graduates and research to make further contribution to Vietnamese community. 

A Vietnamese military plane hit the ground during a training flight in the south-central province of Phu Yen on August 26, with one of the two pilots confirmed dead.

A passenger bus with 20 people onboard has crashed into the fence of a bridge in the central province of Quang Binh, leaving one dead and ten others injured.

Employees of the military-run telecom group Viettel and the FPT Group’s units in Myanmar have been confirmed as safe after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the country’s central region on August 24, reported VietnamPlus e-newspaper run by Vietnam News Agency.

Five days after typhoon Dianmu went through Hanoi, many houses in Tu Lien Ward in Tay Ho District are still flooded.

Labor flow within the region is still subject to domestic rules in each member country.

An ATR 72 of VASCO, a fully-owned subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines, was damaged after it was hit by with a cargo truck at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport on August 25.

Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City organised a ceremony to mark its 500th successful kidney transplant and honour organ donors on August 25.

The protection of legitimate rights and interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities abroad is necessary and shows the State’s responsibility to citizens.

The Government has planned to invest more than over US$6.59 billion in the Central Highlands in 2016-2020, mostly in building and upgrading irrigation and water supply facilities for drought prevention and control, and transportation system. 

Legal proceedings were launched against nine people involved in an illegal pomu (Fokienia) tree deforestation case in La Dee commune, Nam Giang district, the central province of Quang Nam, heard a press conference in the locality on August 25.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has urged the southern province of Dong Nai to pay special attention to site clearance for two JICA-funded water projects to ensure their implementation is on schedule. 

The Government has planned to invest more than VND14.69 trillion (over US$6.59 billion) in the Central Highlands in 2016-2020, mostly in building and upgrading irrigation and water supply facilities for drought prevention and control, and transportation system. 

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a national target program for rural construction during the 2016-2020 period.

Restaurants and bars in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district will be allowed to open until 2 AM instead of 24 PM as before since September 1, according to a recent decision by the Hanoi People’s Committee. 

VOV.VN - Customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport on August 25 seized one airsoft weapon along with 2,000 rounds of ammunition that had arrived hidden in shipping containers.