The Vietnam Standards and Consumers Association, also known as Vinastas, is being investigated by the government after releasing a study about fish sauce that sparked a health scare across the country.

More than 400 drug addicts have returned to the rehabilitation centre where they were receiving treatment one day after breaking out of the facility on October 23.

Vietnamese women spend an average of five hours a day on unpaid work such as household chores and childcare while men spare around three hours.

The expansion of the Vietnam-China Land Border Joint Committee cooperation mechanism has improved immigration and export-import management, contributing to socio-economic development in border localities. 

The Prime Minister has approved a plan for solid waste management in key economic zones in the north until 2030.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Embassy in Russia launched a fundraising campaign on October 24 to help people in the central region overcome the consequences of recent devastating floods.

Traffic inspector Dao Vinh Thuan of Hanoi Department of Transport has been fired for his involvement in the assault of a female Vietnam Airlines employee .

Border guards in central Vietnam have arrested two Lao men for smuggling nearly 23 kilograms of heroin across the border.

Vietnam saw a big spike in malware and spyware targeting smartphones and other mobile devices in the third quarter of this year, according to data of Vietnamese tech outfit Bkav.

A humanitarian aid package worth US$100,000 will be offered by the Red Cross Society of China to the Philippines to support the country in the wake of super typhoon Haima. 

VOV.VN - A high-level meeting to devise a plan for the implementation of the Paris Agreement in Vietnam took place on October 25 in Hanoi.

The number of traffic accidents across Vietnam has decreased over the first nine months of 2016, the government said in a recent report.

Vietnam’s diplomatic staff have met the three Vietnamese nationals, who are among sailors held hostage by Somali pirates from 2012 and recently rescued, and they are expected to return home in the near future. 

The Prime Minister has agreed with the Ministry of Public Security’s proposals to host the 38th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Drugs (ASOD) in 2017 and the 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drugs (AMMD) in 2018.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan on October 24 received money donated by governmental agencies to support flood victims in the central region to overcome consequences.

The health sector of Hanoi has built a monitoring system for early detection of epidemics across the locality as part of efforts to improve the city’s capacity to prevent and control diseases. 

A tourism information centre opened in Hanoi recently, promising to bring tourists more options to discover the capital city and beautiful places nearby.

VOV.VN - Thanh Hoa border guards arrested two Laotian men on October 22 in the Trung Ly Commune attempting to smuggle heroin into Vietnam via the border crossing.

VOV.VN -Twenty-eight outstanding ASEAN and Japanese youths will take part in the Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Programme (SSEAYP) from October 25, starting in Tokyo, Japan, to share with each other their countries culture. 

VOV.VN -Productivity and working conditions is becoming more important than ever as Vietnam is entering a new era of deeper global integration.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese nationals were killed and two injured on the morning of October 24 when a north-south railway train hit a taxi-car at a crossing in the Thuong Tin District of Hanoi, authorities said.

Experts recommended Vietnam invest more in climate change adaptation at an international workshop in Hanoi on October 24 on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s achievements and Vietnam actions in climate change. 

Around 76% of Vietnamese internet protocol (IP) cameras are susceptible to illegal access because users keep the fixed accounts of the makers rather than changing them, a report by the Bach Khoa Technology Group (BKAV) has revealed. 

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh and first runner-up Thanh Tu are in Quang Binh Province to lend a hand to those affected by the Central Region flooding.

Current shortcomings in road transport across the border between Vietnam and other countries in the region need to be solved to enhance connectivity to the international road transport system, experts said.

The southernmost province of Ca Mau has drafted seven major tasks and solutions for its slow-growing tourism sector towards the goal of drawing 1.7 million tourists, including 50,000 foreign visitors by 2020. 

The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology has announced a list of 1,657 species of herbs in the Central Highlands region, 88 of which have been named in Vietnam’s red book on threatened fauna and flora. 

The Centre of Biodiversity Conservation, GreenViet and the Management Board of Cham Island has inked an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the protection of flora and fauna in the forest of the island.

HCM City will build a complete digital map of roads to provide online information to reduce traffic jams and accidents, according to its Department of Transport’s road infrastructure management and exploitation division.

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang has spent VND384 billion (US$17 million) on building irrigation works for production, preventing natural disasters and protecting lives, according to the provincial steering committee on disaster prevention and rescue.