State and local officials have granted gifts and wishes for poor, underprivileged and ill children across the country on the occasion of this year Mid-autumn festival, which annually held on the 15^th day of the eighth month following the lunar calendar.

A broken steel valve of water conductor tunnel at Sông Bung 2 Hydro-power Plant in the central province of Quảng Nam was reckoned as an initial reason of an incident on Tuesday (September 13^th).

Vietnamese are celebrating the Mid-autumn Full Moon Festival (Tết Trung Thu) across the country, with lanterns and cultural activities in every street and home today and tomorrow.

The Ministry of Health yesterday requested the health sector in Nghệ An and Hậu Giang provinces to strengthen inspection of the healthcare facilities for mothers and children.

One person is reported to have died and eight others were injured in the central provinces of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình due to Typhoon Rai.

Implementing the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) will help Việt Nam fight corruption in the resources extraction sector, participants were told at a workshop held yesterday in Hà Nội.

Around 22,000 new cases of lung cancer are recorded every year in Việt Nam, with the disease being ranked among the top causes of death, doctors have said.

The season’s fourth storm was expected to make landfall in the coastal areas of the central Thừa Thiên-Huế and Bình Định provinces at around 4am this morning, local media reported.

The potential for solar energy in Việt Nam is huge but needs appropriate policies to encourage investment, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.