The Ministry of Health (MoH) is planning to expand the pilot release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in some southern areas of Vietnam in the next few years to prevent dengue fever.

 The Standing Committee of the 14th National Assembly (NA) will convene its 14th session in Hanoi from September 11-20, with a number of issues high on the agenda to prepare for the NA’s fourth meeting scheduled for next month. 

 Equitisation of State owned enterprises (SOEs) has progressed well in 2011-2016 and the first eight months of 2017 thanks to various ministries and sectors, economic groups and localities getting onboard.

 This is the first time US visitor Brian Herman has visited the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. He was impressed by the area where costumes and items relating to ethnic groups and their weddings, funeral ceremonies and other spirituals are on display.

 Vietnam will present the classic film, Bao Gio Cho Den Thang Muoi (When October Comes) at ASEAN Film Festival 2017, which kicked off in Cambodia on September 8.

 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.

 The number of delayed and cancelled flights of the four domestic carriers - Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Jetstar Pacific and Vasco - was 2,788, accounting for 12.1 percent of their total flights in August.

 The Vietnam Asset Management Company (VAMC) will need more capital to further benefit from the National Assembly’s recent resolution on the settlement of non-performing loans (NPLs), experts said.

The HCM City Department of Transport will soon submit to the People’s Committee proposals to increase the bus transport subsidy for students and improve the quality of bus services to get more students to use public transport.

 Longan has long been known as a speciality of Pho Hien – Hung Yen.  People make many dishes from the fruit, with one of the special treats chesen long nhan (lotus seed and longan sweet soup) – a cool traditional dessert for a warm, sunny day.

 Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index reached a 10-year high last week on the back of a few blue chips. However, the gain was unstable and the index could face a short-term drop in the coming sessions.

 Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army and Deputy Defence Minister Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang led a defence delegation to visit Cuba from September 8-11 at the invitation of his Cuban counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Alvaro Lopez Miera.

 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.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Northern provinces are expected to receive heavy rain until Tuesday, possibly causing landslides and flash floods according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorogical Forecasting.

 VietNamNet Bridge – A stretch of a major embankment on National Route 24 in the Central Highlands city of Kon Tum has eroded while under construction.

VietNamNet Bridge - Many cruise ships want to enter HCMC but they have to dock at other localities because of the lack of harbors.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The large number of base transceiver stations (BTS) - antenna-like equipment for wireless communication - is creating management risks and blighting the urban landscape in Ha Noi.

 The central highland city of Da Lat in Lam Dong Province will be Viet Nam’s representative to receive the fourth ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable City at the fifteenth ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Environment.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the People’s Committee of Binh Dinh and other authorised agencies to promptly investigate media reports of  deforestation in the central province and report back to him before October 30.

 Five golfers will represent Vietnam at the World Amateur Golfers Championship (WAGC) 2017 in Malaysia this November.