The Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has begun legal proceedings against another five officials of the State-owned telecommunication giant Mobifone for their role in a major corruption case.

Hundreds of old people from 60 to 80 years old have queued outside of Thuy Loi University in order to apply for a free bus pass.

Hanoi has opened many sanitary waste collection points, but the capital city is still at risk of being flooded with garbage.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has recommended a seven-day break for the next Lunar New Year holiday.

All organisations and individuals will have the right to refuse spam calls and messages to their phone numbers if a new draft decree is passed.  

VOV.VN - Five districts in the north-central province of Thanh Hoa have declared free from African swine fever, according to the provincial Animal Health and Husbandry sub-department.

VOV.VN -Two Vietnamese nationals have been arrested by border guards at the Chi Ma border gate following their attempts to smuggle a newborn baby into China.

VOV.VN -More than 500 Vallet scholarships worth a total of VND10.5 million (US$452.34) each have been presented to a number of outstanding students from 58 high schools across the north, in addition to six SOS villages.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has visited the southernmost province of Ca Mau to inspect landslide points along a sea dyke route in Tran Van Thoi district, which is at risk of breaking.   

US agricultural company Cargill has funded construction of a school in Ba Don town in the central province of Quang Binh.

VOV.VN -A Laotian citizen has been arrested following his attempts to illegally transport a large quantity of drugs into Vietnam.

VOV.VN -The LF-WAO team from Lac Hong University were awarded third prize following the final round of the ABU Robocon 2019 which took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on August 25.

Viettel has announced that it has been officially recognised by Apple as an eSim (embedded SIM) provider for iPhone device brands XS, XS Max and XR.   

A delegation from the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee, led by its President Tran Thanh Man, visited the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on August 25 to inspect the aftermath of a historical flood that took place earlier this month.

The Association of Vietnam Universities and Colleges should become a link to connect private universities with each other and with public universities to help improve training quality.

The construction of the Vinh Nghiem – Karlovy Vary pagoda is underway in the Czech Republic following a recent ceremony that gathered nearly 1,000 Vietnamese Buddhist followers in Europe.

Representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy and relevant agencies participated in the 21st Summer Diplomatic Games in Russia’s Tver province on August 24. 

Foreign businesses in Vietnam have increasing need for expatriate workers since there is a shortage of skill locally, according to many recruitment companies.

A film making contest about traffic safety with the theme ‘Drinking Alcohol – Not Driving’ has been launched in Hanoi recently.

Four people died and one got injured after they, riding the same scooter, ploughed into the median strip of a main street in Thai Nguyen city, the northern province of Thai Nguyen, on August 25.

Demand for human resources in Vietnam’s information technology (IT) sector has reached a five-year peak with nearly 63,000 jobs to be filled in 2019, according to the second quarter report on Vietnam’s IT market conducted by TopDev, an IT recruitment network and ecosystem.

Ho Chi Minh City wants 50 percent of high school graduates attaining certifiable international standard proficiency in foreign languages by 2020, according to the city Department of Education.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 24 attended a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of liberation of the northern province of Bac Kan (August 24, 1949-2019). 

VOV.VN - Every Sunday morning, when people often spend time relaxing, in a coffee shop in District 10, Ho Chi Minh City, nearly 40 doctors and technicians, nurses, and medical students gather together to share specialized knowledge of resuscitation.

Internet connections in Vietnam could slow down through the upcoming National Day holiday courtesy of the disaster-prone AAG undersea cable.

Since the beginning of 2019, there have been three social networks established in Vietnam.

The Live and Learn Environmental Education in collaboration with the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition (VIETSE) organised a seminar to promote sustainable use of energy in Hanoi on August 24.

The Government has adopted an intellectual property strategy setting goal to further improve Vietnam’s global innovation index (GII), Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

Australia has expanded the number of Work and Holiday Maker visa places available to Vietnamese people, upping the annual intake from 200 to 1,500 a year from September 2, according to the Department of Home Affairs’ media release on August 23.

Cambodia’s Angkor Air will launch the first direct flight from Phnom Penh to Da Nang city, central Vietnam, in October, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism on August 23.