The Ministry of Home Affairs and the United Nations Volunteers Programme held a consultation in Hanoi on September 19 to discuss policies on youth's voluntary activities.

Vegetarianism is widely applied by a large number of religious people, especially Buddhist followers. Nowadays, not only as a religious belief, vegetarianism has become a choice as a healthy way of eating.

In peaceful time, the Ba Rai River continued the task of connecting traffic circuits, raising silt, etc…, creating conditions for Cam Son commune and other communes in the region to continuously develop.

The 12th International Conference of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS XII) is set to take place in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern province of Binh Duong, from September 18 to 20.

On September 15, the inspection teams led by leaders of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee (the PPC), has just inspected the work of dengue fever prevention in ward 8, My Tho city and Than Cuu Nghia commune, Chau Thanh district.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed the Government's report on the implementation of the National Targets of Gender Equality at a meeting on September 13.

Tropical storm Doksuri, the biggest storm to enter Vietnam in years, is on track to hit the central provinces from Nghe An to Quang Tri, which is also the first storm ranked 'danger level 4' after 'disaster level'.

A free cancer screening programme has been simultaneously launched at 18 medical facilities throughout eight provinces and cities across the country, targeting the early detection of several cancers for around 15,000 people.

The Prime Minister has approved a UNICEF non-refundable project on enhancing comprehensive child protection and development, whilst renovating Vietnam's healthcare system.

Ensuring comprehensive development for children in early years at home and in the community is the goal of a national programme introduced at a consultative workshop in Hanoi on September 8.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) is planning to expand the pilot release of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in some southern areas of Vietnam in the next few years to prevent dengue fever.

Corruption cases in 2017 have so far cost over VND1.35 trillion (US$59.4 million) in damages, of which VND158.8 billion, US$314,000, four houses and one apartment have been retrieved.

Vietnam has approved a project that aims to make human rights an integral subject in education nationwide by 2025.

As the continuation of its efforts to assist underprivileged students, Minh Minh Khoa Co., Ltd (in Ward 2, Ho Chi Minh City) has just presented 100 bicycles to secondary and high-school students in Cho Gao distritct.

Several new Government policies come into effect this month, including fines for incorrect weather forecasts, regulations on credit institutions and foreign bank branches, payments for those involved in searching for and collecting remains of war martyrs.

On September 1, the Tien Giang provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Fatherland Front Committee held a ceremony posthumously conferred the "Heroic Vietnamese Mother" title for 71 newly President of the Socialist Republic Vietnam signed the decision on recognition.

On August 30, the My Tho city People's Committee has just organized the congress to establish the My Tho city Business Association. Chairman of the Tien Giang provincial People's Committee Le Van Huong attended this event.

Sexual imbalance at birth is increasing and is currently at a serious level in Vietnam, with the sex ratio at birth (boys per 100 girls) remaining quite high, stated a report on population and family planning, released on August 29.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) has sent an official dispatch on implementing tuition fee exemptions for preschool education for 5-year-old children in areas of difficult socio-economic conditions, from January 1, 2018.

On August 28, Chairman of the PPC Le Van Huong, Head of the Provincial Steering Committee for Food Safety and Hygiene with the leaders of some relevant department directly supervised food safety at markets of Go Cong town and Go Cong Dong district.

A wide range of activities have been held in localities across the nation to celebrate the 72nd anniversary of Vietnam's National Day (September 2).

On the morning of August 27, the Tien Giang provincial Association for the Protection of Poor Patients, People with Disabilities and Orphans awarded scholarship to poor studious students in Cai Be district.

An exhibition entitled "Hoang Sa, Truong Sa of Vietnam – Historical and legal evidence" opened in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on August 25.

The application of Global Standard One (GS1) number and bar coding is significant to getting to grips with food traceability and safety, said Nguyen Hoang Linh, Deputy Head of the Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality under the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The Vietnam Migration Profile 2016 was released by the Foreign Ministry's Consular Department and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Hanoi on August 22.

The National Inter-sector Steering Committee on Food Safety has established six inspection teams to monitor the quality of products to be sold for the Mid-Autumn Festival (Trung Thu).

Many shrimp breeding farmers in Tan Phu Dong district have gained a high profit from white shrimp due to the favorable development of shrimp and high price.

The Hanoi-based Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases should improve the efficiency of dengue fever examination and treatment, regularly update, exchange experiences and transfer new techniques in dengue fever examination and treatment to lower-level hospitals.

A programme entitled 'Safe Meals' was launched in Hanoi on August 20 to raise public awareness of safer food for better health.

The Capital Aid Fund for Employment of the Poor (CEP Fund) on August 18 awarded scholarships to 124 studious poor students in Tien Giang province.

The Phu Quoc Fish Sauce Association received a decision from the People's Committee of Kien Giang province on August 18 in recognition of Phu Quoc fish sauce as a traditional craft.

The Vietnam Journalists' Association (VJA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 16 to announce the Prime Minister's decision on the establishment of the Vietnam Press Museum.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam hosted a meeting on August 17 to review the enrolment and training of the pedagogical faculty at colleges and universities.

The Mekong delta has 152 doctors of five rare specialities and by 2020, over half of senior doctors will retire, said participants at the meeting medical personnel training for the region held by the Medicine University and the Southwestern region Steering Committee.

The central province of Quang Nam plans to restore a 80ha forest as habitat for a herd of gray-shanked douc langurs living in Dong Co village, Tam My Tay commune.

The Vietnam Education Publishing House Limited Company has printed more than 100 million copies of textbooks for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Traffic culture among Vietnamese youths is the theme of a national film festival on traffic safety launched on August 9 by the National Traffic Safety Committee, the Department of Traffic Police and Toyota Motors Vietnam in Hanoi.

A research team from the University Medical Centre (UMC) Ho Chi Minh City has won an award for the best laparoscopic liver surgery video at the 1st World Congress of the International Laparoscopic Liver Society, held in Paris, France, last month.

The Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre has implemented a plan with numerous programmes to help locals develop livelihoods and achieve sustainable poverty elimination from 2016 – 2020.

A total of 120 individuals have been awarded with certificates of merit for their kind-hearted work in supporting and caring for the victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin across the country, at a meeting held in Hanoi on August 8.

Over 5,000 people joined a walk at Nguyen Hue Walking Street in Ho Chi Minh City, on the morning of August 6, to support the launch and the participation of the Vietnamese sporting delegation at the 29th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Malaysia.

Recent heavy rains and flash floods have taken the lives of 26 people and left 15 others missing and 27 injured in the northern mountainous provinces.

On August 4, the Tien Giang Women's Assistance Fund for supporting development economy (as the Women's Assistance Fund) gave scholarships to children of poor women's families in the province.

The Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA) has launched a free mobile phone application, called Viwa Alert, which allows users to report water traffic law violations.

A charity walk to call for support for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims and disabled people was organised in Ho Chi Minh City on August 5, attracting 5,000 people.

On August 2, Tien Giang Association for Victims of Agent Orrange/Dioxin in coordination with the Management Board of Tien Giang provincial Buddhist Executive Board visited and donated 360 gifts to victims of dioxin victims.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) have signed a Record of Discussion (R/D) for a project aiming to support the victims of trafficking in Vietnam.

Policies to ensure sustainable livelihoods for disadvantaged labourers must be resilient and not depend on outside support, heard a conference held by the Institute for Workers and Trade Unions in Ho Chi Minh City on July 31.

5,000 blood units were collected on July 29th in Hanoi, the final stop of this year's Red Journey, an annual blood donation campaign.