Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens were safely flown home from Australia on a flight on September 12.

A new project to improve citizens' access to public transport and limit the use of private vehicles is expected to improve the bus system in HCM City, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan has visited High School 251 named after President Ho Chi Minh in Kiev on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day and the new academic year of 2020-2021.

A ceremony to honour donors who made contributions to social security development in the Mekong Delta province of Long An, was held in the locality on September 12.

Throughout its 75-year history, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has always been accompanying the nation and joining hands with the whole Party, people, and army, along the nine-year resistance war against the French as well as the 21-year battle against the US. It has always received the consideration and leadership of the Party and State.

Vietnamese authorities and representative agencies in the US, Vietnam Airlines and US authorities have coordinated to arrange a flight to repatriate close to 350 Vietnamese citizens on September 10 and 11.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang has earmarked 680 million VND (29,300 USD) to provide relief for households affected by natural disasters in five districts so far this year.

President Ho Chi Minh was the person who named Vietnam News Agency. Throughout its development history, the agency has always received special guidance and attention of the late President.

Vietnam, as ASEAN Chair in 2020, has joined hands with member nations to push employment recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has said.

A special anti-fake news project from the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has been named Best Project for News Literacy within the Asian Digital Media Awards 2020, organised by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). The prize will be officially announced at WAN-IFRA’s Digital Media Asia 2020 event on October 15.

Many fishing boat owners in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have installed more and more modern equipment in their offshore vessels to ensure safety during the ongoing rainy season.

Le Dinh Cong, one of six defendants charged with “murder” over the killing of three police officers in Dong Tam commune in Hanoi’s My Duc district, asked on September 10 that his charge be changed to “resisting on-duty officers”.

Fifty million citizens will be issued with new identity cards between now and July next year, the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) have announced.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh on September 9 chaired a meeting with ministries and agencies to discuss the implementation of the automatic toll collection systems on highways.