VOV.VN - The Vietnam News Agency has reported that law enforcement officials in Hanoi have jailed three people in Hanoi on charges of possession with intent to distribute illicit drugs and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia.

VOV.VN - Around 78,938 workers, including 29,496 women were sent abroad to work as guest workers in the first eight months of this year. 

Torrential rains are forecast to continue plaguing the northern region after flooding Ha Giang, Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang provinces over the past several days, affecting people’s lives and blocking traffic for hours.

The Vietnam Youth Federation (VYF) rounded off the Vietnam – Cambodia youth friendship meeting 2017 on September 11.

 Thua Thien-Hue is working to tap into solar energy potential, with the central province ripe for developing solar power.

Police of Muong Nhe district, northern mountainous province of Dien Bien broke six drug trafficking cases from Laos to Vietnam with seven suspects arrested on September 11.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a UNICEF-funded project on childcare development and renovating the healthcare system in Vietnam. 

Ho Chi Minh City’s administration has decided to suspend its plans to build the city’s first bus rapid transit system (BRT) after being informed by the transport department that the project was not feasible.

The Novelind innovation exchange was launched on September 11 with the aim of connecting individuals, organisations and companies with scientists to serve community development.

Secretary General and Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Don Tuan Phong hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 11 for Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Aloysio Nunes Ferreira. 

The director of the latest King Kong retake has been hospitalized in Saigon after being allegedly assaulted in a bar in the city's downtown, local media reported.

VOV.VN - A whirlwind triggered by heavy rains on the evening of September 11 blew away the roofs of 130 houses and uprooted many trees in the district of Huong Khe, central Ha Tinh Province.

A contest launched by Hanoi’s administration and transport department in January to seek breakthrough solutions to its chronic traffic congestion has just closed in a complete media blackout.

HCM City health centres that provide treatment to patients with HIV/AIDS should merge by the end of the year with district-level hospitals if the centres are unable to expand services to upgrade into general health clinics, a local official has said. 

The Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team (VNCERT) organised the 2017 ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Incident Drill (ACID) in Hanoi on September 11.

 A workshop discussing how to build University – Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology (BUILD-IT) took place in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on September 11. 

A master plan on the use of Vietnam’s sea is being built by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, a move described by experts as necessary.

A requiem for martyrs who laid down their lives to safeguard Vietnam’s sea and island sovereignty took place at Dai Phuoc pagoda, the first Vietnamese pagoda in Myanmar, on September 10.

 The 48th death anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh (the 21st of the 7th lunar month) was marked in many localities with such activities as incense offering ceremony in the traditional style and exhibitions of photos on the national hero.

VOV.VN - Three people were killed and two seriously injured when a bridge under construction in northeast Tuyen Quang Province collapsed on Sunday, September 10, reported local officials.

VOV.VN - Thirty passengers escaped severe injury this morning, September 11, when a blaze ripped through a tour bus on Highway 1 in southeast Dong Nai Province, reported local fire officials.

The Norwegian Red Cross (NRC) has provided more than US$7 million to help 21 localities nationwide cope with natural disasters and improve environmental hygiene over the past 21 years.

A draft amendment to higher education law proposes clarifying university assessment measures and making them uniform so that university rankings can be more precise in the future.

 Audi Vietnam has delivered the second batch of 258 new cars to the APEC 2017 Committee, which will be used during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting and related events in central Da Nang city in November.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented VND200 million (US$8,800) to aid Lao Cai’s flood relief efforts at a working session in the mountainous province on September 9.

The Vietnam-US Friendship Association in Hanoi held its fifth congress in the capital city on September 9, putting forth a range of measures to improve its operational efficiency during 2017-2022. 

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCM CYU) and the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union concluded their five-day friendship exchange in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An on September 9.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to boost cooperation with the Development Research Centre of the State Council (DRC) of China in policy research and consultation.

A sleeper bus collided head-on with a trailer truck in south-central Vietnam on Saturday (September 9), killing two and injuring several others.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), Vietnam is among the countries with the fastest aging rate in the world, which has widespread and long-term impacts on the country, requiring comprehensive proactive policies for the elderly.