Bogota, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The National Meeting of Alternative, Community and Digital Media of Colombia will begin today at the Metropolitan Cultural Center of Conventions of Armenia, in the department of Quindio, in the central-western region of the country.

Hanoi, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security has asked to prosecute Vietnam's former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong, the VNA news agency reported today.

San José, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The Semanario Universidad de Costa Rica will pay tribute today to journalist Rafael Ugalde, who worked for 30 years in that publication and was the first correspondent of the Latin American news agency Prensa Latina in this country.

Beijing, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) China's Ministry of Commerce today rejected in a statement Canada's announcement to impose surcharges on some products such as batteries from this country.

Montevideo, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The law against illicit enrichment of public servants awaits from today its promulgation by the Executive Power, after receiving green light from Parliament. The day before, the initiative got the votes of the ruling party and the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies.

Brasília, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Smoke from forest fires in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay today seriously affects air quality in several areas of South America.

Washington, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) Fourteen artists of Cuba's contemporary plastic arts will be part of a collective exhibition to be inaugurated in the U.S. city of Tampa on September 17, organizers announced today.

Hanoi, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) The first and transcendental visit to Vietnam of the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, which began on a day like today, 51 years ago, was commemorated here by members of the state mission of the island.