VOV.VN - More than 150 firefighters battled a five-alarm blaze that destroyed the 9th floor of a high-rise office building on Thuy Khe street in the district of Tay Ho in Hanoi, reported local officials.

VOV.VN - The 14th annual Southeast Asia Red Cross Red Crescent Leadership Meeting is set to take place on September 21-22 in Hanoi, according to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS).

Vietnam will produce its own vaccine against avian influenza A/H5N1 from 2018 to replace imported vaccines, according to the National Veterinary JSC, Navetco.

The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) on September 17 offered aid worth more than US$66,000 to provinces affected by storm Doksuri.

Do Van Binh’s wedding gown workshop in Giao Lac commune, Giao Thuy district, Nam Dinh province is usually bustling to catch up with orders. 

Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea and the strongest one hitting Vietnam in many years, claimed nine lives, leaving four missing and 112 injured, according to reports from affected localities by 10pm on September 16. 

A project worth nearly US$12 million has been initiated to prepare for the elimination of dioxin contamination near a military airport in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai.

A high school teacher has persisted in his personal quest to give fish sauce produced in his home village in the central city of Danang a face and a name it deserves.

Two death-row prisoners who broke free from a police-run jailhouse in Hanoi on September 17 last week have been captured while on the run in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Hoa Binh.

Eight years ago, Nguyen Thi Lanh (not her real name) of HCM City was diagnosed with hepatitis B, and several months later, she became pregnant.

Vegetarianism is widely applied by a large number of religious people, especially Buddhist followers. Nowadays, not only as a religious belief, vegetarianism has become a choice as a healthy way of eating.

School facilities and scholarships were presented to poor students in the northern province of Bac Giang and Central Highlands provinces on September 16.

Nearly 5,000 members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) in central Ha Tinh province on September 17 joined hands to help local residents address consequences of typhoon Doksuri.

A book reviewing a 25-year charity house project run by a Swedish woman for underprivileged children in Vietnam has been launched in Hanoi at the Vietnamese Women’s Museum.

Many in northern Vietnam, the most affected area, were disconnected from the internet on September 15 night. 

Ho Chi Minh City has issued a list of regulations on teaching English in primary schools as many schools in the city are offering English courses taught by native speakers.

With tropical storm Doksuri heading for Laos after wreaking havoc in the Vietnamese north-central region on Friday, Facebook has activated its Safety Check feature to help users in Vietnam inform friends and family of their safety.

The Red Cross launched a commission to support its humanitarian movements and charity activities on September 15.

The Ministry of Defence on September 16 launched the construction of infrastructure to address dioxin contamination at Bien Hoa Airport in Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai.

Vietnam is attending the 87th festival of L’Humanité (Humanity) Newspaper – a body of the French Communist Party, which is underway at La Courneuve Park on the outskirts of Paris from September 15-17.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) held a forum in Hanoi on September 15, looking into the promotion of justice access among low-income people and vulnerable groups.

The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has finished fixing the middle- and low-voltage power transmission lines and resume power supply for some central provinces hit by Typhoon Doksuri, including Dong Hoi city of Quang Binh, and downtowns of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 16 inspected recovery efforts in Nghe An province’s Cua Lo town after Typhoon Doksuri swept through the central locality one day earlier.

Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, caused five deaths and dozens of injuries in six hours in Vietnam on September 15.

Vietnam Airlines has resumed the operation of all flights from/to airports in localities affected by Typhoon Doksuri, which landed in the central region on September 15 and devastated many localities from Nghe An to Thua Thien-Hue. 

VOV.VN - A late-night fire at the Thanh Do Supermarket in the Hanoi district of Thanh Xuan has investigators looking for clues.

VOV.VN - People in Ha Tinh Province and across the central Vietnam region started to clean up the massive destruction as the winds and floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri began receding.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc surveyed the damage in central Vietnam from Typhoon Doksuri by helicopter on the morning of Saturday, September 16, praising the work of first responders.

As Vietnam targets to have at least one million enterprises by 2020, it is forecasted that the increasing number of enterprises in the private sector will lead to a higher demand for labour. 

The 22-year-old was on his last legs when another fishing boat appeared over the waves.