A grandmother and her granddaughter drowned yesterday while taking their buffalo to a grassy area near the Dao River in the central Ha Tinh Province.

 A series of new TV programmes dedicated to Vietnamese tourism was launched yesterday. The TV programmes were produced to celebrate World Tourism Day, yesterday.

 The Ministry of Education and Training and Belgian Development Agency are working to improve the capacity of the local workforce by improving management and professional skills of both individuals and organisations.

  Nguyen Tran Duy Nhat took gold for Vietnam in Muay Thai at the 5th Asian Beach Games (ABG5) after beating Wang Wengfeng of China in the men’s lightweight (57-60kg) final in Da Nang on September 26. 

  Scientists from the Institute of Oceanography in Nha Trang city, the southern central province of Khanh Hoa, have built artificial reefs to aid coral recovery off the coast of Bang Thang cape in Nha Trang Bay. 

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has accepted a proposal to set up a quick response force in Hanoi to deal with food safety problems. 

  Work on “Forgotten Land” sand statue park was launched in Phan Thiet city, the southern central province of Binh Thuan, on September 27, aiming to offer a new tourism product for visitors. 

 The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan is working closely with Japanese agencies and relevant units to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of a Vietnamese citizen who recently died in the host country.

 Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said he has a plan to meet with Vietnamese investors in Laos to seek to tackle obstacles hindering their operations.

  The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) held a theory exchange, the sixth of its kind, in Quang Ninh Province on September 27. 

 Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich will attend an informal meeting of ASEAN-US defence ministers in Hawaii from September 29 to October 1 at the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense. 

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc met ex-President of the Senate of Malaysia Michael Cheng Wing Sum in Hanoi on September 27, saying that Vietnam defines the promotion of economic and trade ties with ASEAN member states, including Malaysia, as a priority.

NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan reiterated Vietnam’s consistent policy of giving priority to strengthening traditional friendship and multi-dimensional cooperation with Cambodia during a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen.

 Running as an anti-establishment candidate, Donald Trump took the presidential debate stage on Monday night to hammer home his call for sweeping political change and try to win over millions of undecided voters.

The need to accelerate flood-prevention projects has become more urgent than ever as HCM City mobilised workers and pumps to remove water from flooded streets following a historic downpour on Monday evening that inundated the city. 

 VietNamNet Bridge – The National Assembly’s Judicial Committee yesterday convened its third session with discussions focused on the adjustment of the Penal Code 2015.

 Thailand has proposed the imposition of anti-dumping duty at a maximum of 40.49 per cent on Viet Nam's steel products imported into the country.

 As many as 340 Australian undergraduates will take short-term courses and internship programmes in Vietnam in 2017 as part of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship Programme, unveiled the Australian Embassy on September 26.

 Cambodia’s largest daily newspaper Rasmei Kampuchea has run a front page article saying the visit to Cambodia by Vietnamese National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from September 27-28 will strengthen bilateral cooperation.

VietNamNet Bridge - If Vietnam continues exploiting 50 million tons of coal each year, the coal would run out after 15 years, not 50 years, as planned by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), experts say.