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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.

Hanoi strives to raise public transport coverage

Hanoi will implement a range of measures to raise the public transport coverage to ambitiously cater for up to 20-25% of city travel demand by 2020.

 

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.

HCM City troupe to perform at int’l experimental theatre festival

Young actors of the private Thế Giới Trẻ Drama Troupe in HCM City are preparing for participation in the 4th International Experimental Theatre Festival, which will be launched by the Việt Nam Theatre Artists’ Association next month.

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.

Hanoi climbs up in global livability ranking: EIU

Hanoi has made improvements almost across the board, with higher stability, culture, education and infrastructure scores.

Hanoi street coloured with lanterns ahead Mid-Autumn Festival

Phung Hung Street in Hanoi has been decorated with hundreds of colourful lanterns as the Full-moon Festival nears.

Made-in-Vietnam social network Lotus to be launched this week

VCCorp has announced that the pilot version of its VND700 billion ($30.1 million) Lotus social network will officially be launched on September 16.

 

BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 10

Central Highlands’ largest fruit, vegetable processing centre opened 

 

US Veterans for Peace honoured with friendship union’s certificate of merit

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented a certificate of merit to Veterans for Peace (VFP) at a roundtable seminar in Hanoi on September 9.

 

Online gambling ring on Zalo busted

Police busted an online gambling ring on the messaging app Zalo in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong on Wednesday.

 

Wanted notice issued for former HCM City Finance Department director

The Investigation Agency under Ministry of Public Security on Sunday issued a wanted notice for Dao Thi Huong Lan, former director of HCM City Department of Finance.

 

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.

Italy supports VN in heritage preservation

Leading international educators, researchers and practitioners will gather at the Heritage Preservation and Economic Development conference in HCM City on September 10 to share experiences, techniques and technologies

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.