Located some 30km east of Mekong Delta city of Soc Trang, Tran De District is well-known for its mud flats that span over dozens of kilometres. 

 Police in this central province have arrested a man for operating a ring that smuggled some 50kg of explosive material to process bombs in Tam Ky District.

Parents of more than 40 Dao-ethnic students at Tran Boi Co Primary School in Dak Mol Ward, Dak Song District rent houses near schools for their children to stay while they study.

 Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, caused five deaths and dozens of injuries in six hours in Vietnam yesterday.

 More people will receive legal aid following changes to the Law on Legal Assistance.

 The latest instructions from the State Bank of Vietnam require credit institutions and commercial banks in Vietnam to strictly comply with the bank's regulations on mobilising capital in foreign currencies.

 Accessing discerning markets is the main issue facing the Vietnamese tea sector although this product has a lot of opportunities abroad.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tong Thi Phong attended a meeting of the Executive Board of the 38th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly in the Philippines.

 Vietnam is working towards becoming a destination for startup businesses in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) region.

 Doksuri, the 10th storm arising in the East Sea so far this year, is forecast to move towards central Laos and weaken to a low pressure in the next six hours, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The European Parliament’s Committee on International Trade and the Vietnamese Government have agreed that they have to make concerted efforts for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement in the next eight or nine months.

 The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on September 15 discussed reports of the Government, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuracy on the settlement of complaints and denunciations in 2017.

The rate of unemployment among people of working age dropped to 2.26 percent in the second quarter, the lowest for the past five quarters, according to the latest newsletter on the labour market update released on September 15.

 More than 1 million volunteer youngsters joined the three-month 2017 Summer Youth Volunteer Campaign, according to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s Central Committee.

 VietNamNet Bridge – In a quiet corner of Hon Chuoi Island of the southernmost province of Ca Mau, a teacher and students are beginning a new school year, like their peers across the country.

 Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc presented the Friendship Order – the noble distinction of the Vietnamese State – to outgoing Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Herminio Lopez Diaz at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 15. 

 The National Assembly of Vietnam and the European Parliament have attained high mutual trust through meetings, NAV Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien said.

 Typhoon Doksuri, said to be the strongest in many years, claimed one life and injured another in the central province of Nghe An, according to preliminary statistics.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Phan Truong Thanh is one of the drafters of the "Master plan on Investment in Ha Noi’s Transportation Infrastructure in 2017-2021, with a vision to 2030". 

FPT Shop, the direct importer of Apple iPhones and iPads in Vietnam, has announced that iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone X will be available in Vietnam by the end of October or early November and priced from VND20.99 million.