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.

Overcoming the challenges of the fourth industrial revolution and making best use of the opportunities it will bring was discussed at the seventh Vietnam ICT Summit 2017, which concluded in Hanoi on September 6. 

Lao Kho village in  Phieng Khoai commune, Yen Chau district, the northern mountainous province of Son La borders with Xieng Kho district, Sam Nua province of Laos. 

VOV.VN - Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a meeting on the evening of September 6 to mark its 72nd founding anniversary and present ‘VOV’ awards to outstanding journalists.

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam turns 72 this Thursday (September 7). Over the past 7 decades, VOV has served as a bridge linking Vietnam with people all around the world.

The administration of Can Tho City in southern Vietnam has issued a new code of conduct for public servants, which includes a controversial ban on jeans at the office.

Residents in the southern Vietnamese province of Dong Nai have been able to harvest some big catches after a local hydropower dam ceased its release of water.

The Indonesian Embassy in Vietnam held a banquet on September 6 to mark the 72nd anniversary of the National Independence Day (August 17).

A contest for the official slogan of the “Doraemon with traffic safety in Vietnam” 2017-2018 programme was kicked off on September 6.

A friendship gathering of Vietnamese and Lao youths took place in Hanoi on September 6, during which a cooperation pact for 2017-2022 was signed between the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union.

Government bodies should be more proactive in promoting IT application, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at the opening of the 2017 Vietnam ICT Summit in Hanoi on September 6.

The Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office (VECO) in Chinese Taipei confirmed that it had received official information on the death of a Vietnamese citizen from authorised agencies of China’s Taiwan.

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to step up cooperation in searching and repatriating remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during the wartime

VOV.VN - A man was killed in a ten-alarm fire early Wednesday morning, September 6, reported Ho Chi Minh City fire officials.

Several Vietnamese private publishing houses have gained success in exporting books, though the number remains modest.

Managers of a park in the central Vietnamese city of Da Nang have asked local authorities for permission to close a zoo within the park's grounds due to a limited number of animals.

VOV.VN - A new school year ceremony has been held at the Vietnamese language class for overseas Vietnamese children in Kiev, Ukraine. 

Inspections of moon cakes, jams, candies and other foods for the Mid-Autumn Festival will be enhanced nationwide at the request of the Ministry of Health’s Food Safety and Hygiene Department. 

The Vietnam-UK Network convened its third Congress in London, the UK on September 5.

Advances and discoveries in the field of oncology are being presented at the first Vietnam multidisciplinary oncology conference being held in Hanoi on September 5 and 6.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a project to develop a marine environment monitoring system in the central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue.

The number of dengue patients in the capital city continues to decline, but preventive efforts must continue, said Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung of the Hanoi People’s Committee.

Ho Chi Minh City will pilot the application of modern technology in automobile parking, which is aimed at providing further convenience.

A new full-moon season starts in one month and confectioneries nationwide are ready with many kinds of mooncakes with new flavours.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved the supplementation of a highway connecting northern mountainous provinces of Hoa Binh and Son La to the planning scheme for highway development until 2020 with a vision to 2030.

As the continuation of its efforts to assist underprivileged students across Vietnam, Canon Vietnam Co., Ltd on September 5 presented 140 bicycles to secondary and high-school students in the northern province of Bac Giang.

Fifteen outstanding Lao students in Vietnam were honoured during a ceremony in Hanoi on September 5. 

VOV.VN - The Novaland Group has announced the award of US$20,500 to 332 grant and scholarship recipients in Ho Chi Minh City. 

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Buddhist community welcomed the gods into their presence today (September 5) at pagodas and temples throughout Vietnam in celebrations to honour parents, both living and those who have followed the sun.

All 3,351 schools with more than 1.4 million students from ethnic groups in the Central Highlands provinces celebrated the new school year on September 5.