VOV.VN - Two border guards were swept away by flood and went missing on October 10 when they drove across a spillway of Bon stream in Lang Chang district, ThanhHoa province, said local officials.

Four people were hospitalized on October 10 in the wake of an ammonia gas leak that also killed scores of livestock and poultry in the outskirts of Saigon.

The Vietnamese Party and Government always give attentions to overseas Vietnamese, including those living in Thailand, said Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to organise the 19th Asian Physics Olympiad in 2018 (APhO 2018) in Vietnam, which is hoped to help encourage the study and teaching of physics in schools, thus seeking and nurturing talented students in the subject.

An international seminar featuring the 100th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution – the past and present experience in socialism building took place in the Indian city of Kolkata from October 8-10. 

The Australian embassy in Vietnam and the Hanoi University of Industrial Fine Arts launched a logo design competition in Hanoi on October 10 to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Australia diplomatic ties. 

VOV.VN - Archdaily, the world's most popular architecture website, recently showcased a three-storey house in Nha Trang City.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression brought heavy rain to Thanh Hoa, Nghe An, and Ha Tinh Provinces on October 10, adversely affecting local lives as many streets in Thanh Hoa and Vinh Cities were flooded.

The central coastal city of Da Nang is focusing all resources to complete preparations for the APEC Summit Week in November, including infrastructure, urban decoration, security-health and communication campaigns.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) will help Vietnam fight gender-based and domestic violence under a project recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

The Ho Chi Minh City’s People’s Committee has decided to invest in an electronic toll collection system (ETC) at three toll booths in the city.

Nghe An reported one dead and two missing cases as of 10 am on October 10, as the central province was drowned in downpour, caused by a tropical low pressure system, since the night of October 9.  

Police and forest rangers of Hue city in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are in co-operation to identify the persons who illegally cut down 3,000sq.m of special-use pine forest last month.

A Vietnamese representative stressed three measures to reduce disaster risks and cope with climate change based on Vietnam’s practical experience at a plenary meeting on sustainable development of the UN Economic and Financial Committee (Second Committee) in New York on October 9.

The project “Building response capacity, recovery and adaptation to disaster risks and climate for men and women”( RADCC)  in Ben Tre province has involved over 17,000 coastal households in changing their environmentally-unfriendly behaviours over four years of implementation. 

Troubled by low fertility rates in southern provinces, the Ministry of Health has proposed relaxing the country’s two-child policy in order to allow Vietnamese parents to decide the number of children they want.

The number of new dengue fever cases in Hanoi continued to drop in the last few weeks, announced the city’s Department of Health on October 9.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) will cooperate with the police to conduct legal proceedings and impose heavy fines against those who sell, exchange and use personal information of flight passengers.

VOV.VN - A landslide caused by heavy rains buried around 100m railway line and six carriages at Lam Giang Station in Van Yen district, Yen Bai province on the evening of October 9.

The latest statistics from the municipal traffic safety committee reveal that motorbikes are either responsible for or the victim in 82.9 percent of road accidents in Ho Chi Minh City.

More than 40,000 poor households in the south central province of Khanh Hoa escaped from poverty in the past 15 years thanks to the Government’s credit programme. 

The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) held a press conference in Hanoi on October 9 to announce the Rural, Agricultural and Fishery Census 2016. 

Norway’s FARO AS organisation has sponsored a pilot project to develop Co Tu, Pa Ko and Ta Oi written languages for students at primary schools in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

A ceremony took place in northern Quang Ninh province on October 9 to celebrate the 30th year Vietnam has attended the International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People UPU and the World Post Day.

Leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang held a reception for a delegation of the Development Department under the Cambodian Ministry of Defence led by Deputy Director Lieutenant General Dong Mao on October 9.

Vi Thanh City in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang is in need of over VND3.3 trillion (US$150 million) to build infrastructure to enhance its resistance against climate change, said Nguyen Van Hoa, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

Can Tho University hosted representatives of Taiwanese National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) on October 9 to discuss potential cooperation in medical and technological education.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, low-cost Jetstar Pacific and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO) will adjust schedule of flights to and from Dong Hoi in Quang Binh province and Chu Lai in Quang Nam province due to the impacts of tropical low pressure in the central. 

 Research Laboratories of Saigon High-Tech Park has begun installing a flood warning system at flooding hotspots in Ho Chi Minh City, aiming to alert city residents and suggest alternate traffic routes.

The World Bank (WB) released the “Migrating to Opportunity” report via a teleconference with Vietnam on October 9, saying that easing restrictions on labour migration can boost workers’ welfare and deepen regional economic integration.