The APEC 2017 Women and Economy Forum will take place from September 26 to 29 in Huế City of the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế, deputy Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, Đào Hồng Lan, told a press conference in Hà Nội yesterday.

A boat with 17 fishermen on board was rescued after being stranded at sea for a day, according to the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre.

The International Media Centre for the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Summit has been completed for official launching in mid October after one year decoration.

Police in southern province of Bạc Liêu is investing an incident relating to the smuggling of 1.4 tonnes goods suspected of ivory.

Some 300 farmers were honoured here on Tuesday for achieving excellent results in the manufacture and trade of agricultural products and for creating jobs for over 11 million labourers.

The Suprem People's Procuratorate has decided to prosecute a case relating to the death of a drug trafficking suspect who died in police custody. 

The Vĩnh Long Preventive Medical Centre has discovered the first ever case of Zika in the province.

The Drug Administration of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Health has requested a halt to purchases and use of three batches of Human Albumin 20% due to concerns over Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

The Việt Nam Social Security agency said it would continue to strengthen ties with other organisations in countries and territories to establish a more modern and efficient social security system.