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.

Indicators relating to the sea water quality in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue provinces are mostly within allowable limits, with the contents of iron, phenol and cyanide declining remarkably, heard a conference in Hanoi on September 20.

Respective tracks of the Cambodia-Thailand railroad were connected at a bridge at the two countries-shared Poipet border gate on September 19.

The health sector of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has taken measures against mosquito-borne Zika virus at international border gates. 

The chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)'s Executive Council in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 20 held a ceremony marking the 35th founding anniversary of the VBS (November 7, 1981-2016).

Various documents, publications and maps, including those published by China, which prove Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes are on display at an exhibition in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. 

Local governments play a key role in implementing health care programmes and coordinating the cooperation of stakeholders to help people easily access high-quality, reasonable-cost health care services, stated Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien

Twenty-one big projectiles recently found in a garden in Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri, have been successfully defused and removed. 

VOV.VN -  Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan has urged the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL) to improve its performance to better protect workers’ rights 

Border guards of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and Honghe county in China’s Yunnan province organised an exercise on cross border terrorism prevention on September 20. 

VOV.VN -Hanoi drivers face the worst congestion in the nation and spend countless hours per year stuck in traffic delays— but the commute to work on the morning of September 20 was even worse than usual.

The confirmed death toll of the boat accident on Chao Phraya River in Ayuthaya province of Thailand climbed to 29 on September 20 morning while three others are still missing, according to local authorities. 

The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) of the Czech Republic held a seminar on Vietnam’s foreign and economic development policies on September 19 with Vietnamese Ambassador Truong Manh Son invited as the only speaker. 

VOV.VN - With just VND2,000 or 10 cents, poor workers can buy either a book, a pair of shoes, a bottle of oil, or even a new costume offered by the group E2k-Hanoi.  

Residents of Ho Chi Minh City have struggled to deal with the highest tides since the beginning of this year, which hit the southern hub on September 19.

In a surprise move, a senior lawmaker calls for amending the law and allowing foreigners to work as tour guides in Vietnam.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is stepping up afforestation in an effort to reduce erosion and tackle climate change. 

The central province of Thua Thien- Hue is working to diversify and improve the effectiveness of home- and community-based detoxification treatment for drug addicts. 

VOV.VN -Miss Vietnam 2012 Dang Thu Thao has attracted public attention at a charity event in Ho Chi Minh City.

Japanese and Korean language programmes will be carried out in some schools in Hanoi in the 2016–2017 academic year, according to the city’s Department of Education and Training. 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on September 19 announced that it did not permit the import of 160 tonnes of “red mud” was imported by Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Co. Ltd.

HCM City Party Secretary Dinh La Thang has urged HCM City authorities to develop a long-term plan to prevent worsening flooding at the country’s largest airport.

Vietnam can expect a damp week as rain has been forecast to increase in intensity across the country, according to a local meteorologist.

With four years remaining, Vietnam’s twelve-year plan to improve foreign language teaching and learning by 2020 will be subject to a thorough review, the country’s education minister has said.

Perplexed and frustrated, parents say the education ministry should do a better job with English teaching first.

Foreigners can easily rent or buy motorbikes in Vietnam but many of them do not know the country’s traffic laws and traffic police find it difficult to punish them because of language barriers.

The number of dengue fever cases increased in Ho Chi Minh City in the week from September 9-15 with 563 cases recorded. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s health authorities have implemented a number of measures to control Zika virus following a German woman, who lives in District 2, was diagnosed with the virus while traveling in Japan.

Environmental experts gathered in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho on September 19 to discuss ways to strengthen the participation of the community in evaluating environmental impacts of energy projects in the region.