Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are making sure dog owners pay extra attention to their pets or risk impoundment and euthanasia of the animals, according to an update to the city’s veterinary regulations.

While some of the city’s trees have become common dumping grounds for local garbage, others are suffocating from cement poured over their roots.

Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, is forecast to move towards central Laos and weaken to a low pressure in the next six hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

Most localities nationwide have reported declines in dengue fever cases in the past four weeks, said Tran Dac Phu, Director of the Health Ministry’s Preventive Medicine Department, on September 14.

The rate of unemployment among people of working age dropped to 2.26% in the second quarter, the lowest for the past five quarters, according to the latest newsletter released by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on September 15.

A forum themed “Vietnamese, Lao, Cambodian women foster friendly cooperation to achieve sustainable development goals until 2030” took place in Ho Chi Minh City on September 15. 

A Vietnamese government delegation on September 15 visited Vietnamese expatriates and Cambodians in Kampong Luong commune of Kro Ko district, Pursat province, which is located on Tonle Sap Lake of Cambodia.

More than 1 million volunteer youngsters joined the three-month 2017 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, according to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee.

Around one fifth (20.1%) of enterprises plan to expand their workforce in the third quarter, according to the latest newsletter on the labour market update released by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) on September 15.

VOV.VN - Storm Doksuri made landfall in central Ha Tinh province on Friday (September 15), causing heavy rains, strong winds, and sea water level rise to between 2 and 3 meters.

VOV.VN - An estimated 1,500 people will receive free or partially funded medical care from Vingroup through a program targeting helping the underprivileged at its Vinmec Hospitals across the country.

VOV.VN - Typhoon Doksuri has hit central Vietnam with maximum sustained winds of 135 kilometres per hour, blowing off roofs and felling trees and electricity poles.

More than 600 local and international traffic experts and policymakers are expected to take part in the 12th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS) in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province next week.

VOV.VN - With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ministry of Justice today (September 15) hosted a forum in Hanoi to share key improvements in the legal system aimed at promoting access to justice for the poor and for vulnerable groups.

VOV.VN - Torrential rains triggered by Typhoon Doksuri left two dead and one missing in the district of Phong Dien, central Thua Thien Hue Province on the morning of September 15, according to local officials.

The national weather forecasting centre upgraded the Typhoon Doksuri barreling toward Vietnam from level 11 to 12 (of 18), with winds at its eye expected to reach 150km per hour.

Police in Hanoi have launched a manhunt for two death row inmates who escaped from solitary confinement September 10 in Thanh Oai District.

Mozambican Ambassador to Vietnam Gamiliel S. J. Munguambe visited Bac Lieu province on September 14 to discuss the establishment of cooperative ties between Mozambique’s Gaza and the Mekong Delta locality. 

 A young man from the northern mountainous province of Son La has travelled to Israel to learn modern farming techniques and apply them to his homeland.

Officials of the Steering Committee for the Southwestern Region congratulated Khmer ethnic people on their traditional Sene Dolta festival while visiting Theravada Buddhist pagodas in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long on September 14.

Some Vietnamese companies, via the Cuba Embassy in Vietnam, have offered material support to Cuban people with a view to helping them to overcome consequences caused by hurricane Irma.

The People’s Procuracy of Hanoi on September 14 proposed the capital sentence for Nguyen Xuan Son, former Director General of Ocean Bank, and life in prison for Ha Van Tham, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the bank, for their wrongdoings.

VOV.VN - Travel agencies including Viettrantour, Fiditour, and the Phong Nha-Ke Bang Tourism Centre, among others, have been forced to cancel holidays throughout the central region due to Typhoon Doksuri, reports Vnexpress.

Several airlines have announced cancellation of flights to and from airports in the central coastal region on September 14 and 15 out of concern for safety as Storm Doksuri, the strongest storm to hit Vietnam in many years, is approaching the central coast.

In recent years, Hanoi has relegated aspects of food safety oversight to local-level administrations. The implementation, however, has not always gone according to plan.

Tet Shoeboxes Project, a Hanoi-based charitable project, is hosting a special fundraising event – Share the Light – on September 16 at The Grove Garden Bar in Tay Ho district.

Health authorities in Nha Trang city – the famous beach tourism destination hit hard by HIV/AIDS – have made progress against the epidemic. However, their efforts are threatened by a lack of adequate human resources.

Three startup models were awarded cash prizes totalling 28,000 USD at the final pitch of the Swiss Innovation Challenge (SIC) Vietnam 2017 competition in Ho Chi Minh City on September 13.

VOV.VN - Rescue crews transported two truck drivers to the hospital after, officials said, their vehicles collided Thursday, September 14 on Ring Road 3 in the district of Nam Tu Liem in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Saigoneers woke up to flooded street, roads and parking lots, power cuts and other rain related fury Thursday, September 14, report local officials.