Vietnam’s government has tasked the state inspectorate with launching a comprehensive inspection into all construction and investment projects currently underway on Son Tra Peninsula in the central city of Danang.

VOV.VN - LG Group successfully organized a ‘Global IT Challenge’ competition for global youth with disabilities on September 19-21 with the aim of helping them to integrate into the society and seek employment opportunities.

Vietnam's foreign ministry on September 21 reaffirmed the just nature of the country's resistance war against the US, following the release of an American documentary TV series on the war.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed to allocate rice for local people in the central region hit by storm Doksuri, following his fact-finding trips to Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Nghe An provinces.

Natural disaster management activities should be implemented in parallel with ensuring sustainable growth, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) will not be completed without the successful prevention of calamities, APEC senior officials have noted.

VOV.VN - Around 52 students at a primary and secondary boarding school in northern Lao Cai Province were hospitalized on Wednesday, September 20, due to food poisoning, police said.

The 14th annual Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting kicked off in Hanoi on September 21.

The second action month for labour safety and hygiene will take place from May 1-31, 2018, with Ho Chi Minh City hosting the launching ceremony and national-scale activities.

More flyovers and tunnels will be built in HCM City to reduce traffic congestion, the city’s Department of Transport has said.

Lessons and experiences that APEC member economies have withdrawn through their natural disaster fight and response, especially in applying advanced science and technology, have been shared at the ongoing 11th Senior Disaster Management Officials Forum held in central Nghe An province.

Hanoi wants to learn experience from Denmark in addressing environmental pollution, traffic jams, and clean water shortages. 

The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Vietnam Office held a conference in Hanoi on September 20, discussing a socially just energy transition in Asia.

The banking sector has raised a total of VND6 billion (US$264,000) for aid for victims of storm Doksuri in the central region.

The International College of Arts (ICA) was inaugurated in Hanoi on September 20, on the occasion of the 25th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

About 200 officials from 21 member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) have gathered in central Nghe An province to seek measures to strengthen affiliation in dealing with disaster risks.

Young cancer patients at a major hospital in Hanoi have been able to indulge in the fun and excitement of a variety of cartoons thanks to a weekly cinema recently opened at the infirmary.

The Da Nang Expo Centre has been turned into an ​International ​Media ​Centre serving the APEC High-level Week scheduled for November 6-11 in the central coastal city of Da Nang.

Denmark is willing to share its experience regarding technologies and products with Vietnam to help the country achieve goals of energy and sustainable growth, said a Danish official. 

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin (VAVA) inked an agreement in Hanoi on September 20 to further their coordination in supporting AO victims and protecting their rights and interests. 

VOV.VN - Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong and staff members of the Party Central Committee Office on September 20 donated VND400 million in support of Doksuri storm victims.

Hanoi Pride 2017, the country’s most anticipated event for the LGBTQ community, opened on September 18 and runs until September 24 with a series of exhibitions, discussions, film screenings, a bike rally and walking march.

The Embassies of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden in Hanoi will participate in the Hanoi Pride Parade in Hanoi on September 24 to advocate the universal values of equality, diversity and tolerance.

VOV.VN - Danang is facing an unprecedented outbreak of dengue fever, which has resulted in nearly 5,000 cases since the beginning of the year, say local health officials, overwhelming the health system.

VOV.VN - A tornado touched down in the city of Bao Loc in the Central Highland province of Lam Dong on Tuesday, September 19, destroying 18 homes and damaging others, report local officials.

The over-prescription of antibiotics caused a common gastrointestinal bacteria to develop antibiotic resistance, experts said at a recent conference on digestion held by Bach Mai Hospital and the Japanese Nagoya University in Hanoi.

The National Committee on Traffic Safety and the Bosch Vietnam company on September 20 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in traffic accident and vehicle safety studies and in proposing measures to improve traffic safety in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Doksuri may have been a harbinger of what is yet to come this storm season, says the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - Forty firefighters and six fire engines battled a huge blaze at a leather bag retail store that started about 1am, Wednesday, September 20 in District 1 of Ho Chi Minh City, reported local officials.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health has requested a halt to purchases and use of three batches of Human Albumin 20% due to concerns over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Vietnam has been spending big on imported animal feed and several types of agro-products for fodder production, mounting enormous pressure on domestic produce.