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Departure time of North-South trains to be adjusted

Vietnam Railway (VNR) will adjust the schedules of North – South trains from September 15, after the peak travel season.

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Military Bank plans 43.2 million ESOP shares in Sep-Oct

Philippe Troussier to coach Vietnam 18 team

Philippe Troussier has been appointed coach of the Vietnam U18 team, the Viet Nam Football Federation has announced.

Popular community races raise funds for charities, scholarships

Phung Quan of District 2 jogs for five kilometres each day on the grounds of the apartment building where he lives.

Ivan Miranda to coach Vietnamese male tennis team

Peruvian Ivan Miranda will coach the Vietnamese national tennis team ahead of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games to be held in the Philippines later this year.

HCM City hospital removes woman’s spleen with 5kg tumour

Doctors at HCM City’s Thong Nhat Hospital have successfully performed a surgery to remove the spleen of a 29-year-old woman who had tumours weighing 5kg inside it, the hospital said in a press release on Wednesday.

Hospitals’ negligence caused two deaths of baby and teenager

Binh Thuan Province General Hospital have apologised for the death of a newborn baby due to their neglect.

Police get tough on foreigners who violate traffic rules

The National Traffic Safety Committee has directed authorities in cities and provinces to strictly handle foreigners' traffic violations and ensure traffic safety on the roads.

Police officer accused of taking bribe and framing man

A narcotics officer in Hanoi has been accused of taking a VND1 billion (US$43,500) bribe to entrap a man by planting drugs in his car.

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Central Highlands’ largest fruit, vegetable processing centre opened 

 

Vietnamese female scientist co-authored new Nature study

A new study of free-living soil nematodes co-authored by Vietnamese scientist Nguyen Thi Anh Duong was published ịn Nature – the world's leading multidisciplinary science journal.

Many young people being a victim of online bullying: UNICEF poll

One in three young people said they have been a victim of online bullying, with one in five reporting having skipped school due to cyber-bullying and violence, according to the latest report by UNICEF.

MoT requests investigation on bypass

The Ministry of Transport has sent an urgent document to request authorities to inspect and clarify the cause of severe road subsidence on a newly-built bypass in the central highlands province of Gia Lai.

HCM City turns landfills into public parks

The HCM City authority has turned landfills into public parks and recreational sports areas in some districts in the city.

Vietnam-funded headquarters handed over to Lao committee

The new headquarters of the Laos-Vietnam cooperation committee was inaugurated in Vientiane on September 9, which is a gift from the Vietnamese Government.

 

ASEAN nations boost cooperation in fighting drug trafficking at sea

Hosted by the Ministry of Public Security, the event saw the participation of 60 delegates from nine ASEAN member nations, the ASEAN Secretariat and China – the dialogue country of the group.

 

Vietnamese expats in Czech Republic joins multicultural festival

Vietnamese expatriates have joined 33 other foreign communities in the Czech Republic’s Ustecky province at the biggest local annual multicultural exchange festival.

 

ASEAN, partners discuss regional free trade agreement

The 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ministerial meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand on September 8.

 

NA Standing Committee convenes 37th session

The National Assembly Standing Committee convened its 37th session in Hanoi on September 9 under the chair of NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan.

 

Vietnam boost economic cooperation with Middle East-African nations

The “Meet Ambassadors from the Middle East and Africa 2019” will take place in Hanoi on September 9-10.Economic cooperation will be high on the agenda of the event.