Ho Chi Minh City authorities are developing a plan for design and construction of underground spaces around metro line stations as part of an effort to renovate its inner districts and develop infrastructure in the next five years.

The People’s Court of HCM City on September 21 opened a trial of 17 suspects - who are members of “Trieu dai Viet” (Viet Dynasty) - charged with “terrorism to oppose the people’s administration” in line with Article 113 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Some 7,000 children in Tuong Duong district, in the central province of Nghe An, have enjoyed their summer break at local libraries.

Training of personnel who will operate and manage Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 has begun, according to the HCM City Urban Railway Company Ltd No 1 (HURC 1).

Universities have developed a variety of assistance programmes to help students access higher education, including loans, scholarships, housing and food aid.

Vietnamese leaders will present a number of important messages to the United Nations General Assembly when it meets from Sptember 21 through October 2.

Ministries, sectors and localities are mobilising relevant forces to quickly address the consequences of Storm Noul, as requested by the Office of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

As many as 175 scholarships were presented to poor students with high academic results and children affected by Agent Orange/dioxin in the central province of Quang Ngai on September 19.

The Vietnamese Embassy in France on September 19 held a meeting with young Vietnamese expatriates who contributed to the success of a recent programme calling for support to victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in the homeland.

More than 340 Vietnamese citizens in the US were repatriated on a flight that landed at Van Don International Airport, the northern province of Quang Ninh, on September 20.

District 1 in Ho Chi Minh City is trying to tackle the scourge of plastic waste by offering rice to residents in return for their trash.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Romania held a photo exhibition in Bucharest on September 18 to introduce the history, people and nation of Vietnam.

A new report by the World Bank Group pointed out that between 2010 and 2020, the Human Capital Index for Vietnam increased from 0.66 to 0.69.

For the first time in six months, Vietnam Airlines' first routine international commercial flight took off from Hanoi on September 19 morning, heading to Japan.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued a document, asking tourism management departments, tourism associations and businesses to continue carrying out domestic tourism stimulus programmes in the remaining months of 2020.

Valuable documents and objects demonstrating military cooperation between Vietnam and the former Soviet Union (now Russia) during the Southeast Asian nation’s struggle for national liberation are being displayed at an exhibition that opened in Saint Petersburg on September 17.

Japanese search and rescue forces have found the body of a Vietnamese trainee who went missing in a mudslide triggered by Typhoon Haishen, the Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka said on September 18.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee on September 18 held the VFF National Patriotic Emulation Congress for the 2020-2025 period virtually, with the participation of delegates from all 63 cities and provinces.

Storm Noul, the fifth in the East Sea this year and which made landfall in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on the morning of September 18, has so far killed one person and injured 23 others.

A webinar on the prospects for Vietnam-India tourism cooperation in the post-pandemic era was held on September 17, bringing together representatives from some 200 travel companies, hotels, and media agencies in the two countries.