Vietnamese movie, Mot Khu Dat Tot (Blessed Land) by director Pham Ngoc Lan won the Vienna Short Film Award worth EUR4,000 in the Fiction & Documentary competition at the VIS Vienna Shorts International Festival for Short Film which took place in Austria from May 28-June 2.

The Mien Dong (Eastern) Coach Station in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District recently officially installed microchip that stores and processes information and an antenna to receive and transmit signals aiming to avoid endless vehicles’ queues at the entrance of the station.

According to the Vietnam Logistics Association, logistics industry lacks of around 2 million employees.

Abivin, a Vietnamese startup to provide AI-powered Supply Chain Optimization solutions for enterprises, on May 17 won a prize of $1 million after it was crowned champion the Startup World Cup 2019 in the US, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on May 18.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau recently attended the launch of Indian Studies Center in Hong Bang International University (HIU)’s premise while paying a visit to the university.

The Ministry of Health and the Vietnam Vaccine company on May 16 opened a new vaccination center in the central city of Da Nang to serve the demands of parents and their children.

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on May 14 launched a promotion program to offer cheap tickets for customers without check-in baggage.

Vietnam is suffering fast aging population; at present, approximately 11 per cent of the population is 60 and older, and the proportion of older people is predicted to grow in next years. 

Student Lam Tien Khai of Foreign Trade University won the Audit Proud Competition organized by the school’s audit club, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and PwC Vietnam.

Google’s application named AI helper, Google Assistant, in Vietnamese language was today officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City.