A technical assistance project funded by the Dutch Government has been successful in enhancing training capacity for the Water Resources University and the Hanoi University of Natural Resources & Environment. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called for joint efforts to build a learning society and support talent to boost Vietnam’s integration. 

The winner of a Vietnamese beauty pageant organized in Moscow nearly a decade ago appeared in court on September 21 on fraud charges, after conning a local businessman of nearly US$740,000 in 2013.

Vietnamese goods remain stranded at sea after cargo ships owned by the Korean shipping line Hanjin refused to dock for fear of being held hostage to debt payment demands.

Dai-ichi Life Vietnam, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Japan’s leading life insurer Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company Limited, on September 20 organised the launching ceremony of the CSR Foundation “For A Better Life” at Sofitel Legend Metropole Hotel in Hanoi.

The migrant worker said she was afraid she could not take care of her baby.

A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on September 21, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among migrants trying to reach Europe.

Drug baron Trang A Tang and eight accomplices have been given death sentence while three others have received life imprisonment for their involvement in trafficking 1,791 heroin bricks and 553 drug pills.

The Indian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities under the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCMUSSH) on September 21 organised “Hindi Language Day” with many cultural and art activities.

VOV.VN -  The Israeli Embassy and the Hanoi’s People Committee have co-hosted a workshop to learn from Israeli experience in the foundation of an ecosystem favoring creativity and business start-ups. 

VOV.VN - 250 manufacturers and distributors from 18 countries and territories are displaying their products at the International Security and Fire Safety Exhibition in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Reporters and editors have attended a two-day training workshop this week on gender equality and education for girls and women to improve the quality of their reporting.

 About 20,000 students at primary and secondary schools in the southern province of Ba Ria–Vung Tau are expected to benefit from an eye care project, ​which was launched by the province’s Health Department on September 20. 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) held a conference in Hanoi on September 21 to review the three-year enforcement of the Labour Code 2012 and acquire feedback of businesses from Hanoi and the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc, Ha Nam and Bac Ninh. 

 Chairman of the Fatherland Front Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) to better protect the interest of workers ahead of pressures from upcoming free trade agreements.

Those most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS will have the opportunity to receive free legal counsel, for example in employment and marriage issues, in a national pilot project kicking off soon.

The Ministry of Health and the US-based Abbott Company on September 21 signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in two projects to improve the quality of clinical nutrition at hospitals and among pregnant and nursing women. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged ministries and agencies to enhance measures to prevent and control HIV/AIDS, drugs and prostitution from now to the end of the year.

Doctors have warned of possible outbreaks of seasonal diseases such as pinkeye, viral fever and respiratory tract infections.

VOV.VN - Confident about the bright prospects for the pharmaceutical segment of the Vietnam economy, hundreds of international companies have set up exhibition booths displaying healthcare products at an expo in Ho Chi Minh City.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has emphasised the prompt delivery of compensation to residents in four central provinces affected by the serious marine pollution incident earlier this year as well as support for them to resume normal life and production.

Pollution in HCM City canals is worsening as large quantities of household and industrial wastewater, as well as rubbish, are being discharged or dumped into city canals, according to the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

Local experts and architects have expressed concern over the design of a subway project in Hanoi, with one of the aboveground entrances and exits to be located near the capital’s iconic Hoan Kiem Lake.

Hanoi's Department of Transport is considering a ban on non-resident motorbikes entering the inner city from 2021, among several other measures to tighten management over personal vehicles in the capital.

Agencies are planning to build an environmental monitoring system to control possible radioactive substance leakage from large-capacity energy reactors built by the Chinese and located 300 kilometers from Hanoi.

PCCW Media Group from Hong Kong is ramping up its presence in the region with the launch of the MOOV music app, in partnership with telecommunications services provider Vietnamobile.

Overseas Vietnamese youths who won a writing contest on the nation’s sacred sovereignty over its seas and islands will have the opportunity to receive a meaningful reward: a visit to the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

Work started on September 20 on Go May Overpass, which will span the intersection of National Highway 1A, Le Trong Tan Street and Nguyen Thi Tu Street in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District.

The agriculture ministry says it will monitor the quality of seafood at fishing ports in four affected central provinces.

Ho Chi Minh City is poised to construct a new bridge spanning its major river, creating an additional route for commuters who wish to cross the waterway.