Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Hans-Joachim Fuchtel is slated to be on a four-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City from March 8-11 , the German Consulate General announced on March 4.
The People’s Committee of the central Vietnamese province of Quang Nam and the US Pacific Command inaugurated and put into operation a US-funded center for disaster prevention and control on March 3.
(VOV) -Storms rolled across the Ho Chi Minh City metropolitan area on October 1 with heavy rains overwhelming the city’s storm drainage system turning the streets into ponds, resulting in traffic gridlock and stranded motorbikes.
Vietnamese-American photographer An My Le has just won the US$0.5mln 2012 MacArthur Fellowship, also known as “Genius Grants”, one of most valuable awards honoring varied creative works in the US.