HCM City is bringing homeless people into social shelters, contributing to tackling the issue of beggars and petty crimes.

More than 4,000 children at risk of child labour have gained access to support services during the past two years.

Provinces and cities in central Vietnam are warned to be ready for a tropical depression which it is feared could strengthen into a typhoon by Thursday morning.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held an event in Hanoi on September 18 to receive emergency aid from other countries for victims of super Typhoon Yagi.

Nearly 6 million children have been affected by the destruction caused by typhoon Yagi in Southeast Asia, with access to clean water, education, health care, food and shelter all compromised, said UNICEF on September 18.

Among the millions of donations sent to the Vietnam Fatherland Front to support storm- and flood-stricken people, there were many banknotes with small face value, piggybanks, and letters from children.

The Politburo convened a meeting in Hanoi on September 18 to deliberate on an investment policy for the North-South high-speed railway project, concluding that it is a highly important and necessary infrastructure work.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have detained two individuals involved in the illegal sale of cyanide, a highly toxic chemical. Among them, a female executive sold 2.55 tons of cyanide to multiple buyers.

The Hanoi Public Transport Management Centre will offer offline mode for virtual tickets for public transport from September 20 to make it more convenient for city’s commuters, its director Thai Ho Phuong said on September 18.

The Vietnamese team earned a bronze medal and three certificates of excellence at the 47th WorldSkills Competition in Lyon, France. This marks the fifth time Vietnam has won a medal at the WorldSkills Competition.

Five investors will jointly carry out an urban area project worth over 72.2 trillion VND (2.9 billion USD) in Hiep Hoa Island of Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai.

Despite being banned from breeding and trading, duong dua, or coconut worms, an insect that harms coconut trees, is still selling openly on social networks. The coconut worms are considered a specialty food of Mekong Delta.

Tens of thousands of visitors and local residents joined Cao Dai followers at the “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”, the biggest festival of the Cao Dai sect, in the southern province of Tay Ninh on September 17 night.

Many households in HCM City have had to postpone their plans to build homes with basements for the last year because licensing has been suspended.

The Hanoi Department of Transport has proposed a 392 billion VND investment in an Intelligent Transport System, including the installation of 600 traffic monitoring cameras across the city from 2025 to 2027.

Vo Hong Nam, son of General Vo Nguyen Giap and Mrs. Dang Bich Ha, announced that his mother passed away at 12:50am on September 17.

The upcoming Ring Road 4 project, estimated at 136,000 billion VND ($5.67 billion), is set to be submitted to the National Assembly in October 2024.

The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has proposed a 9-day holiday for the Lunar New Year 2025, providing civil servants and public employees with an extended break to celebrate with their families.

The number of fires in August increased by seven, but the number of deaths decreased by 18, injuries fell by seven and property damage was reduced by VNĐ400 million,compared to July.

Activities though modest and budget-friendly, were rich in meaning, fostering solidarity and compassion while teaching students important lessons about kindness and giving back to the community.