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.

VOV.VN - Comprising of workers from Ho Chi Minh City, 100 couples took part in a mass wedding day ceremony on September 2 in an event sponsored by the City Youth Support Centre in the southern metropolis.

Flash floods, thunderstorm and lightning triggered by Storm Podul have killed at least six people and left two others missing.

The police and border guard forces in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on September 1 arrested three men for trafficking 50 kg of methamphetamine.

Storm Podul, the fourth hitting the East Sea, left three people killed and four others injured as of 3 pm on September 1.

VOV.VN - Plastic bags, bottles and other disposable items are among the most common littered objects polluting and destroying the environment and impacting people’s health. 

The Hanoi University of Science and Technology has begun enrolling students in the AI program to meet demand.

Almost 20 years ago, Vu Tri Long, now 50 years old, was listed as a poor man in Village 5, Song Cau Town, Dong Hy District in the northern mountainous province of Thai Nguyen.

Two traffickers were arrested for carrying 20,000 meth pills by border guard and anti-drug police forces in the northern border province of Dien Bien on August 30.

An international workshop, titled ‘Climate Change and Agriculture: Status, Impact, Adaptation, Insurance in Vietnam and Taiwan’ has been held in Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to spend hundreds of billions of VND on building more than 100 reservoirs to store rainwater and control flooding by 2020 under a flood-control programme.

Redefining children as those under the age of 18 is key to helping younger people access child protection services before they are legally classed as an adult.  

VOV.VN - The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control requested on August 31 that coastal areas from Quang Ninh to Khanh Hoa take measures in order to deal with the potential impact of the tropical depression which is likely to strengthen into storm No. 5.

VOV.VN -Hordes of people left the capital of Hanoi amid heavy rain on the afternoon of August 30 to return to their hometowns to enjoy the National Day celebrations. 

VOV.VN - The embalmed body of late President Ho Chi Minh remains well-preserved 50 years after his death thanks to the Vietnamese Party, State and government and their close coordination with the Mausoleum management board, and Vietnamese and Russian scientists.

A taxiway will be closed for repairs at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport from September 11 to 16.

Vietnam’s labour productivity has improved but is still low in comparison with other ASEAN members, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietjet's large-scale Cabin Crew Recruitment Day prepares to "land" in Tokyo, Japan, after taking place in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two biggest cities of Vietnam.

The ninth conference on traditional medicine of countries in the Greater Mekong Sub-region will take place in Hanoi on September 5 and 6, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control has asked localities to continue applying measures to respond to the low pressure which is resulted from the weakening Storm Podul, the fourth arising in the East Sea so far this year.

VOV.VN -Two boats in Binh Dinh province carrying a total of 14 fishermen have lost contact with the mainland after fishing in an area hit by storm No. 4.

VOV.VN -Police in Lang Son province have successfully broken up a major cross border drug trafficking ring, seizing a large quantity of heroin in the process.

VOV.VN -A severe downpour brought on by the effects of typhoon Podul caused extensive damage to a number of large trees throughout the capital city of Hanoi on August 29.

The central city of Da Nang has won an Asia-Oceanian Computing Industry Organisation (Asocio) Smart City Award for its outstanding initiatives of a smart city during the Asocio Smart City Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.  

The Vietnamese Party and State will create favourable conditions for trade union orgnisations of Vietnam and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to expand cooperation, towards promoting friendship between the two countries, a Vietnamese official has said. 

A forum on smart energy and optimization of power structure in Vietnam with flexible solutions was held by the Finnish Embassy in Vietnam and Wartsila Group in Hanoi on August 29.   

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, with the authority given by President of Vietnam, on August 29 bestowed PeaceTrees Vietnam Founder Jerilyn Brusseau with the Order of Friendship, in recognition for her efforts to heal war wounds in Vietnam.

The preservation of President Ho Chi Minh’s body is of great significance to the cause of national construction and defence, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference reviewing 50 years preserving the President’s body on August 29.