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(CPV) - Hanoi, HCMC listed among top 20 Asia-Pacific travel destinations, Vietnam to host Asia-Pacific Bonsai Exhibition 2019 and nearly 2 million tickets offered for Lunar New Year are the hot news of September 16th.

“Vietnam demands China to immediately stop its serious violations and withdraw all of the vessels from Vietnam’s territorial waters,” said Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang at a press conference on September 12th.

(CPV) - Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong shares children’s joy on mid-autumn festival; two Vietnamese universities first reached the top 1,000 world rankings; and Ho Chi Minh city is the first locality with wide area IoT coverage, are the hot news of September 12th.

CLV ministers discuss ways to step up drug prevention, control; another solar power plant inaugurated in Ninh Thuan; and Vietnam - UK trade reaches USD6.74 billion in 2018 are the hot news of September 11th.

People throughout northern Vietnam were forced to endure a prolonged period of heavy downpours from September 9th to 10th, resulting in rising water levels which caused severe difficulties in the daily lives of residents.

(CPV) – Maritime security high on Seoul Defence Dialogue’s agenda; Oil-gas cooperation plays key role to Vietnam – Russia ties; Vietjet Air signs deals to launch direct flights to Russia’s Far East; and Vietnam draws Thailand in goalless qualifier for World Cup 2022 are the hot news of September 6th.

(CPV) - Over 20 million students nationwide enter new school year, Vietnam Airlines is completing procedures for direct flights to US, remittances to Ho Chi Minh city reaches USD3.45 billion and Arab newspaper points out reasons why tourists should travel to Vietnam are hot news on September 5th.

(CPV) - Vietnam attends the 8th Seoul Defence Dialogue, Vietnamese mangoes enter Chilean market, Five commodities with export value of over USD10 billion, and the EU enhances inspections on Vietnam’s agricultural products from September 1st are the hot news of September 4th.

On the occasion of the 74th National Day (September 2nd), 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's Testament and 50 years of his death, from August 31st to September 2nd, 2019, President Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum Management Ho Chi Minh welcomed 50,066 visitors, including 1,462 foreigners.

According to General Statistics Office (GSO), the number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached 11.3 million from January to August 2019, in which Asia sent the most foreigners to the country.

The Vietnamese Embassy and businesses in Mozambique are attending the 55th Maputo International Fair (FACIM) organized from August 26th to September 1st in the capital Maputo, Mozambique.

Son Doong Cave in the central province of Quang Binh has won a place among the greatest adventures in the world as recently revealed by the Dave TV channel.

China's economy is slowing in the context of increasing trade conflicts with the US, and if Washington continues to ramp up tariffs, the growth rate of the world's second largest economy will be cut more sharply.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training, all Vietnamese students who participated in the 2019 International Olympiad in Informatics won medals, including two golds, one silver and one bronze.

British travel magazine Rough Guides has included Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay in its selection of the 100 most beautiful places to visit next year.

Vietnam has taken over the task of building a report on Asian-Pacific countries and the sea level rise issue in relation to international law at the 71st session of the UN’s International Law Commission (ILC) in Geneva, Switzerland.

ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi has welcomed Vietnam to hold the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, noting that the country has made big steps forward and become one of the key economies in the grouping.

The Mekong Delta absorbed 1,609 FDI projects with a total capital of USD22.3 billion in the first half of 2019, said Ms. Huynh Thien Trang, Deputy Director of VCCI in Can Tho, at a conference with importers from Singapore and other countries on August 6th.

Ambassador Duong Chi Dung, head of Vietnam's permanent mission to the United Nations in Geneva, has affirmed Vietnam’s support for efforts to disarm nuclear weapons through regional and international multilateral mechanisms.

Minister of National Defence Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich on August 5th met with Vice President of the European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.

The East Sea issue has attracted great attention from the countries participating in the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52) and related meetings, given the recent developments in the waters, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.

More than 294,000 customers of the power sector suffered blackouts as power went out in northern localities of Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Bac Giang, Hung Yen and Hanoi on August 3rd due to storm Wipha, which landed in Quang Ninh on August 2nd evening.

Leaders of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have issued statements regarding China’s recent unlawful activities in the South China Sea, known as the East Sea in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 1st said that the national socio-economic situation experienced positive changes in July.

(CPV) – The US magazine National Geographic has listed Tran Quoc Pagoda in Hanoi and Buu Long Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City among the 20 most beautiful Buddhist temples.

A program to promote Vietnam’s tourism will take place in Japanese cities of Sapporo, Kanagawa and Tokyo from September 6th - 15th, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Tu Chinh reef (internationally known as Vanguard Bank) is located in Vietnam’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone and completely belongs to the country, defined in line with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), led by Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan, is on an official visit to Singpore from July 23rd-27th at the invitation of Singaporean Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

The UK daily newspaper the Guardian has selected the best 20 food tours around the world, including Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with representatives of severely injured war veterans nationwide in Hanoi on July 24th, ahead of the 72nd War Invalid and Martyrs’ Day (July 27th).