VOV.VN - With Typhoon Bailu likely to reach Vietnam in several days, it will be the fourth typhoon to hit the country this year, therefore let’s review the three other typhoons Vietnam has been hit with since the beginning of the year.

VOV.VN - A typhoon known internationally as Bailu began to form close to the East Sea on the morning of August 23, bringing with it torrential rain for localities across Vietnam’s northern region.

Nineteen Vietnamese are joining more than 1,300 contestants from 63 countries and territories at the 45th World Skills Competition (WSC) which officially opened in Kazan, the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, on August 22. 

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given the green light to extend a pilot project of tourist cars in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh until June 30 next year.

The Hanoi Department of Education and Training has just announced a list of 11 foreign-invested schools which have been registered for operation.

Transport companies in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi plan to increase the number of trains and buses to cope with the rush expected during the long National Day weekend next month.

Youth union delegations from Vietnam’s Quang Tri and Laos’s Savannakhet provinces held talks and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Quang Tri on August 22.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and relevant agencies on August 22 discussed measures to tighten control of used goods import and the re-export of waste shipments which failed to meet environmental protection regulations.

The National Assembly’s Committee for Foreign Affairs hosted a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to review the implementation of legal policies on the management of foreigners in Vietnam.

Provinces in the Central Highlands region face the risk of reservoirs bursting since hundreds of them are damaged or degraded.

The construction sector has expected that 65 percent of its workforce will be trained by 2020.

The National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations held a seminar in Hanoi on August 22 to review the implementation of international treaties signed by Vietnam and Russia during the 2001 – 2018 period. 

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh on August 22 started the construction of a coastal road connecting its Ha Long and Cam Pha cities. 

Lasting a maximum of two hours, the shift of an air traffic controller is strenuous and full of pressure.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee has recently proposed removing the road maintenance fund and petrol price stabilisation fund.

VOV.VN -Three Vietnamese designs have won the Arcasia Awards for Architectures with the buildings using mainly brick and environmentally-friendly materials.

The Mekong Delta region is in an urgent need for an inter-sectoral and comprehensive solution in water reserving, especially in years with drought, stated Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh on August 22.

VOV.VN - Tropical depressions and typhoons are likely to form out at sea and directly effect central provinces from mid-late September to October, whilst central and southern areas are likely to be hit by the extreme weather in November and December, according to the National Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

Vietnamese farmers have many opportunities to work abroad as Asian markets have growing demand for agricultural labourers.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on August 21 notified local carriers of the ban on 15-inch Macbook Pro computers on all flights due to the battery fire risk.

Hanoi Police have commenced legal proceedings against and detained three people on the charge of running a commercial surrogacy ring, local police said on August 21. 

Vietnam is in ninth place out of 11 data center markets in the Asia-Pacific, a study has found.  

To achieve the target of attracting 17-20 million international tourists in 2020, barriers to the Vietnamese tourism sector, including visa policy, should be removed, officials said.

The Steering Committee for National Tourism Year 2020 – Ninh Binh convened the first meeting in Hanoi on August 21.

The Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA) was inaugurated during a ceremony held in Hue city of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on August 21.

A policy advocacy seminar discussing employment for refraction ophthalmology bachelors took place in Hanoi on August 21. 

Hanoi Innovation Summit 2019 will take place at the National Convention Centre on August 29-10.  

The People’s Court of central Quang Ngai province on August 21 handed a six-year jail sentence and three years on probation to a company director for  “making, storing, disseminating information and materials against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”. 

A workshop was held in Hanoi on August 20 to seek suitable measures for tourism operators and managers to promote development of Vietnam’s tourism sector in the context of new tourism development trends in the world.

President Ho Chi Minh’s 50th death anniversary was commemorated at a ceremony held at the Kim Lien national special relic site in Nam Dan district, central Nghe An province on August 21 (the 21st day of the 7th lunar month).