There is a Vietnamese saying about parents’ care-giving: “When young, one relies on one’s father, and when old, one relies on one’s children”.

The HCM City fire brigade has called on people running shops at home to take proper preventive measures against fire.

The Ministry of Communication and Information has given licences to four publishing houses o compile and publish textbooks, increasing the number of textbook publishers to five.

Vietnamtourism-Hanoi Joint Stock Company is planning to launch a new city bus tour on October 10.

Hoài Nhơn District's health centre is seen as an exemplary model amongst its kind in the south central province of Bình Định thanks to its efforts in streamlining operation, efficient use of medical equipment and facilities, and ensuring the quality in the delivery of healthcare services for a population of 230,000. Electronic medical records of patients has started to be implemented at the centre. The number of patient visits to the centre is increasing on a year-on-year basis, helping to reduce the load of patients at provincial-level hospitals. — VNA/VNS Photos Dương Ngọc

Customs officials at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport have seized more than 250 of the latest iPhone model allegedly smuggled from the US into the country.

Bạc Liêu provincial authorities has petitioned the Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể to speed up transport projects in the Mekong Delta.

Most Robusta coffee areas replaced in recent years in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) provinces have yielded more than 4 tonnes per ha, up 1.65 times compared to other coffee areas, according to the Western Highlands Agro-Forestry Scientific and Technical Institute.

Nearly 200 households in the central coastal province of Phú Yên’s Xuân Cảnh Commune have gone without clean water despite the construction of a water supply system several years ago.

The number of drivers using fake environmental ID badges on the Hà Nội – Hải Phòng Expressway to avoid paying the toll fee has increased recently, the Giao Thông (Transport) newspaper reported.

Overloaded vehicles using road they are not supposed to be travelling along are still causing problems for other motorists.

Since Phạm Thị Bạch Ngọc, who is majoring in English at the HCM City Open University, plans to go to a European country for a master’s degree, she applied for a professional bachelor’s degree in international trade.

Ba Đình District Police have started a criminal investigation into a fire near National Children’s Hospital that killed two people and damaged 20 houses on September 17.

Hà Nội’s health insurance fund suffered a deficit of more than VNĐ500 billion (US$21.4 million) in the first half of this year, according to Nguyễn Đức Hòa, director of Hà Nội Social Insurance.

The new cigarette tax rate of VNĐ5,000 (US$0.2) per pack will help reduce the rate of tobacco consumption and strengthen the State budget, health experts have said.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An are opposed to the construction of a new thermal power plant project, saying that a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) plant should be built instead for power generation.

A national online conference along with a national exhibition will be held in November to review the 10-year implementation of the resolution on agriculture, farmers and rural areas of the 7th plenum of the 10th-tenure Party Central Committee.

Two ships from the Royal Canadian Navy, HMCS Calgary and MV Asterix, and crew members arrived at Đà Nẵng’s Tiên Sa Port on Wednesday to begin a five-day visit to the city.