The first Health Science Institute in the Mekong Delta is set to open in the first quarter of 2025.

The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Security Agency has proposed the prosecution of former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong for “abusing position and power while performing duties”.

Vietnam consistently supports a multilateral trade system, with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its core, Minister-Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the WTO Le Dinh Ba has said.

A US trade delegation of 100 participants, including 35 business representatives and officials from the departments of agriculture of nine states, is visiting Vietnam to explore cooperation opportunities between the two countries.

The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) has dispatched a team of six experts from the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit to Vietnam and earmark 1 million CHF (about 1.1 million USD) to support people affected by Typhoon Yagi.

Vinamarine requires enterprises providing services at seaports and those providing container shipping services by sea to strictly comply with regulations on price listing according to current regulations.

On September 12, the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said that water in many rivers, including Thao, Lo, Cau, Luc Nam, Thai Binh, Hoang Long and Hong (Red) Rivers is receding.

Prof., Dr. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuong, non-permanent Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, has been honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award, considered the “Nobel of Asia”.

Vietnamese embassies and communities in Malaysia, South Africa, Germany, Algeria, and Hungary have launched donation drives to raise funds for people in difficult circumstances.

While many private oil and gas companies are struggling with losses and huge tax debts, and their leaders are banned from leaving the country, Petrolimex, the biggest player in the field, has reported impressive business results.

In many cases, large amounts of undeclared assets of unknown origin have been discovered only after police searched officials’ homes, which indicates that false declarations of assets and income are still occurring frequently.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the World Bank are discussing a method on how to pay rice farmers for carbon credits.

Going to the beach to pick up trash five days a week, the director of a travel company in Da Nang is ridiculed by friends and relatives as ‘mentally problematic’ because he does something no one likes to do.

The steamed sticky rice, made of high-grade materials, including Ca Mau crabs and glutinous roundgrain rice, has attracted many diners despite the sky high price of VND660,000-990,000 per serving.

Nearly 300 individuals, including police, military personnel, and local residents, are working tirelessly under challenging conditions to search for missing persons in Nam Tong Hamlet (Nam Luc Commune, Bac Ha District).

As heavy rains cause widespread flooding in Nam Dinh, Deputy PM Tran Hong Ha emphasized the need for robust dike protection, swift evacuations, and comprehensive recovery plans.

“Chiec Bat Xanh” (The Blue Bowl) by artist Le Pho, one of the most prominent artists in Vietnamese history, has recently been sold for EUR554,080, at the “Asian Painters: China, Vietnam, Indonesia” auction recently held in France by Aguttes.

A delegation of the Ministry of National Security of Vietnam led by Deputy Minister Hoang Xuan Chien attended the 13th Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD 2024) in the Republic of Korea from September 10-12.

Relevant forces have so far retrieved 41 dead bodies from debris of the horrific flashfloods that struck Nu village of Lao Cai province on September 10, and search and rescue operations are going on to search for the remaining 54 missing people.

Vessel 18 under Brigade 171 of Naval Region 2 actively participated in activities within the framework of Exercise Kakadu 2024 on September 10-11 in Darwin, Australia.