Twenty-six schools in the northern province of Bac Giang will have new toilets and water filtering systems thanks to a programme funded by Samsung Electronics Vietnam.

The Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City plans to develop specialised hospitals with advanced techniques to meet increased demand for health examination and treatment of local residents and foreigners.

VOV.VN - Since 2006 Vietnam has entered a period of optimal population structure, with more than half of its 93 million people of working age. Vietnam has devised appropriate policies to make full use of population opportunities for national development.

VOV.VN - Vi Van Om of the Xinh Mun ethnic group in Yen Chau district, Son La province, was honored in 2005 with the title Labor Hero in the Renewal Period for his contribution to national unity and poverty reduction in his locality.

VOV.VN - Vietnam was officially connected to the global internet on November 19, 1997. Over the past 20 years, the internet has rapidly developed in the country.

As many as 14,346 traffic accidents occurred nationwide from December 16, 2016 to September 15, 2017, leaving 6,113 dead and 11,785 injured.

VOV.VN - Finance ministers of 21 APEC member economies visited the ancient city of Hoi An on the afternoon of October 20 and enjoyed fascinating cultural activities there.

The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has handed the National Assembly TV Channel over to the National Assembly Office. 

The Prime Minister’s certificate of merit will be posthumously awarded to Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporter Dinh Huu Du, who laid down his life while reporting the recent floods in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

A workshop talking Vietnam-US cooperation in information technology (IT) application in agriculture took place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20. 

The Japanese Government’s emergency relief aid for Vietnamese flood-hit areas landed at the Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on October 20.

A high-level seminar on the reform of public sector, theme of the second-year research between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (KOICA), took place in Hanoi on October 20, as part of the Development Experience Exchange Programme (DEEP) for the Vision of Vietnam. 

President of the Vietnam Writers’ Association (VWA) Huu Thinh has called on Vietnamese writers, both at home and abroad, to use the power of literature to strengthen the national solidarity.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia on October 20 held a ceremony to raise funds for flood-hit residents in the northern mountainous and north central provinces of the home country.

The Asian Science Park Association (ASPA) convened its 21st annual conference in Ho Chi Minh City on October 20, gathering over 400 participants from across the globe.

The People’s Army Newspaper on October 20 launched its online editions in Lao and Khmer languages.

Recent heavy rains and devastating floods in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh caused a total loss of about US$71.75 million.

A contest has been launched for children aged five to 12 to paint their favourite food and meals.

The High-level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City started hearing an appeal by pharmaceutical company VN Pharma on October 19, in the case related to the smuggling and forging of documents to import cancer drug.

Minister of Environment and Natural Resources Tran Hong Ha has urged the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang to establish a community-based monitoring mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of papermaker Lee & Man Vietnam Ltd.’s environmental treatment.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese contestant Nguyen Ba Thuoc has won a bronze medal in the information technology software solutions for business category at the 44th WorldSkills Competition in Abu Dhabi, the UAE.

The Japanese-made tunnel boring machine (TBM) has nearly finished drilling the first metro tunnel in downtown Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Voice of Vietnam President Nguyen The Ky attended the new school year ceremony of the Radio and TV College No 2 in Ho Chi Minh City on October 19.

Climate change will cause some 250,000 additional deaths from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhea and heat exposure per year between 2030 and 2050, warned Director of the Department of International Cooperation Tran Thi Giang Huong on October 19.

The Prime Minister has issued a national plan for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) by 2025 with a vision to 2030.

The Health Ministry and AstraZeneca have signed a cooperation pact to implement the “Healthy Lung” programme in Vietnam, funded by the multinational biopharmaceutical company.

Tram Tau district in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is facing a high risk of landslides due to lingering rains from the beginning of this year and the devastating floods on October 10-11. 

The Vietnam Writers’ Association will hold a meeting from October 20-25 for 50 writers at home and 33 others living in 13 other countries, according to President of the association Huu Thinh.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has asked the central province of Thanh Hoa to keep a close watch on developments of natural disasters and scale up vigilance in the face of the complex situation of floods and storms. 

Domestic and foreign experts, business executives and managerial officials have sought to make use of public-private partnership (PPP) to support the development of ethnic minority-inhabited areas in the Central Highlands.