VOV.VN -Daniel Kritenbrink, the United States Ambassador to Vietnam, paid a visit to Sao Mai, also known as Morning Star, care centre for disadvantaged youths, in Thanh Xuan district of Hanoi on September 4 to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn festival.

At least four people were killed and eight others remain missing in central provinces after torrential rains brought by a tropical depression have stricken the region over the past few days.  

The fifth Vietnam International Conference and Exhibition on Control and Automation (VCCA 2019) opened in Hanoi on September 4.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue has handed 89 relief packages, each worth 3 million VND (129 USD), to needy students in the Red River Delta province of Thai Binh.   

Hanoi asked local residents to sort domestic waste at source 10 years ago in a pilot program. The municipal authorities have also passed regulations to implement this on a large scale. However, everything remains on pape

A plan is being built by the Directorate of Fisheries with a view to promoting the conservation, development and sustainable exploitation of aquatic resources.

President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang on September 4 called on the World Federation of Trade Union (WFTU) to continue its companionship along with its development. 

The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has proposed the People’s Procuracy to lodge prosecution against 21 people involved in the high-profile corruption case relating to Phan Van Anh Vu (alias “Vu Nhom”), the agency said on September 4. 

VOV.VN -A total of 41 fishermen have been rescued following their fishing boat sinking in the waters off of the Truong Sa archipelago, otherwise known as the Spratly islands, according to border guard forces in Quang Nam province.

Stricter copyright policy and people’s higher awareness about intellectual property have led to the closure of many websites which shared pirated software.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Ba Ria Vung Tau has recorded a total of 7,728 cases of dengue fever, including four deaths from the beginning of the year to late August, a close to a 10 fold-increase in comparison to last year, according to the provincial medical sector.

VOV.VN - Local residents in the mountainous district of Huong Hoa in the central province of Quang Tri suffered from a prolonged period of heavy downpours from September 3 to 4, resulting in rising water levels and causing severe difficulties for the lives of local residents.

Central localities and relevant agencies have been told to continue staying alert as a tropical depression is moving near the coast, about 200km to the east-northeast of Quang Tri and Quang Ngai provinces early this morning.   

A team from Can Tho University finished fourth out of total 16 teams at the recent 12th Asia Bridge Competition in Indonesia. 

Although the number of criminal cases has been decreasing, more work is needed to curb social crime, heard the National Assembly (NA)’s Judicial Committee at a meeting in Hanoi on September 3.

VOV.VN - The majority of strikes taken by workers at foreign-invested firms have largely been caused by disputes relating to a delay in the payment of salary and bonuses, and the working environment.

The Vietnam Association of Architects (VAA) has launched its 5th green architecture awards, a biennial activity to promote awareness about sustainable and green architecture.

Ho Chi Minh City has deployed a number of plans to increase the number of commuters using buses to 11.2 percent this years, up 1.6 percentage points from last year.

Two former Ministers of Information and Communications, Nguyen Bac Son and his successor Truong Minh Tuan, have been accused of receiving a large amount of bribes in the case of MobiFone purchasing 95 percent of shares of the Audio Visual Global JSC (AVG).  

About 689.8 trillion VND (29.66 billion USD) was mobilised for the new-style rural area building programme in the Red River Delta and north central regions during the 2010-2019 period. 

As many as 179 scholarships totally worth more than 2 billion VND (about 86,140 USD) have been presented to disadvantaged students in the Central Highlands and the south-central provinces of Ninh Thuan and Khanh Hoa.

VOV.VN - The recent tropical depression to hit the central region brought with it an array of rain, strong winds, and flooding on September 3.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression has formed in the East Sea, approximately 100km north of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago and is likely to develop into a typhoon, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN -Mariem Valazco, winner of Miss International 2018, presented gifts to children at the Disabled Children's Orphanage Center in Thi Nghe to mark the upcoming Mid-Autumn festival, otherwise known as the Full Moon festival.

A total of 57 people were killed on the roads during the National Day holidays, according to traffic officials.

The Vietnamese Centre at the SAPA Trade Centre in Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, is holding a free Vietnamese language course for Vietnamese children in the country.

More time is needed to measure the effectiveness of a cancer treatment with immunotherapy, Vietnamese scientists say.

A live television programme themed “Song of solidarity” was held on September 1 night to mark the 50-year implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament.

A flower offering ceremony has been held at the President Ho Chi Minh Monument in Havana, Cuba on the occasion of the 50-year implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s Testament.

As many as 50,066 people, including 1,462 foreigners, paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi during the National Day holiday which lasts from August 31 to September 2.