The National Legislative Assembly (NLA) says people can now voice their opinions of the draft Financial Technology Act, commonly known as the Fintech Bill, via the Secretariat of the Senate’s website. 

VOV.VN - Police senior lieutenant Pham Phi Long was killed while combating the fire at a two-storey house in Binh Tan district, HCM City on September 7, said Colonel Le Tan Buu, director of the municipal Fire Fighting and Prevention Police Department. 

The Department of Skills Development (DSD) is extending its project to grant stars to accomplished Thai chefs working in Spain. 

A lesson on the country’s historical events from the Academy of Journalism and Communication.

Chairwoman of the Vietnamese Women’s Union (VWU) Nguyen Thi Thu Ha and her Lao counterpart Inlavan Keobounphan discussed cooperative measures to prevent human trafficking and violence against women and children at talks in Vientiane on September 7.

Vietnam has considered human rights as both widely-recognised and traditional values of a peace-loving nation, which is the reason why the country has always pursued a consistent policy of strengthening international cooperation.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cuba on September 6 held a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam’s August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

Vietnam's Centre for Gender Studies and Women's Leadership (GeLead) and the Australian government-funded Vietnam-Australia Human Resource Development Partnership (Aus4Skills) signed an agreement on promoting gender equality in Hanoi on September 7.

The Excise Department is set to propose new excise duties on tobacco and alcoholic beverages to the Cabinet next week before the Excise Tariff Act, B.E. 2560 is enforced on September 16th. 

The Department of Land Transport (DLT) is issuing new driving licenses encoded with QR code with an aim to promote road safety. 

Customs authorities in Ho Chi Minh City discovered 1.3 tons of ivory hidden in asphalt barrels on September 6 that was on its way from Benin in Africa to Cambodia.

The Minister of Tourism and Sports has highlighted on the cultural world heritage tourism plan for four lower northern provinces, amplifying the local identity to stimulate spending through community-based tourism. 

Over 43 hectares of forest in south-central Vietnam has disappeared for an unknown reason, and local authorities have yet to find out an explanation.

Thailand hosted the 15th ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Conference in Phuket this week. 

The city will have authority over 'certain matters' which are currently controlled by ministries and other central government units.

The Ministry of Health has issued a warning that the current season, when students gather for the new school year, is the time when the number of hand-foot-mouth disease cases among children is on the rise.

The Biodiversity Conservation Centre of GreenViet, an NGO in Da Nang, will launch a warning application for smart phone users to alert of violations against animals and vegetation in the Son Tra Nature Reserve.

VOV.VN - A fair celebrating the 72nd founding anniversary of Voice of Vietnam took place today, September 7, at VOV headquarter at 58 Quan Su Street in the district of Hoan Kiem, Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has substantial potential for wind energy and it's hoped that it will play an increasingly larger role in turning the country away from dependence on fossil fuels, said leading economist Pham Chi Lan.

The Vietnam Administration of Forestry in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the establishment of an elephant sanctuary in central Quang Nam province on September 7.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man presented VND500 million (US$22,000) to aid Dien Bien’s flood relief efforts at a working session in the mountainous province on September 7.

Odon Vallet scholarships were awarded to 179 students from the Central Highlands and central coastal provinces on September 6 by Rencontre du Vietnam (Meet Vietnam).

 “A Shared Experience: Striving for Safety”, a documentary about clearing landmines in Vietnam, was screened on the sidelines of the seventh Meeting of States Parties of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva on September 5.

Vietnam has approved a project that aims to make human rights an integral subject in education nationwide by 2025. 

Tourism ministers from Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar met at two important meetings in Ho Chi Minh City on September 7, as part of the 13th International Travel Expo in the city (ITE HCMC 2017).

The Department of Preventive Medicine requested the healthcare sector and relevant agencies to conduct measures to tackle avian viruses, with the likelihood of outbreaks in the country still high.

VOV.VN - Construction was ceremoniously launched on a new US$22 million bridge connecting Mai Chi Tho Boulevard in Ho Chi Minh City to Kim Cuong Island on Thursday, September 7, according to the Zing Online newspaper. 

VOV.VN - Two men are dead and two others seriously hurt after the roof on a new automobile factory under construction partially collapsed, reports the Zing Online newspaper.

A man in Duc Trong district in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has been discovered in possession of two dead tigers, according to Phan Van Thong, head of the local police.

Ho Chi Minh City has recorded 13,763 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of this year, an increase of 27% compared to the same period last year, according to the municipal Department of Health.