Vietnam and Germany welcome their 20th year of cooperation in science and technology as ongoing Germany-funded sustainability projects continue to shape local localities.

A 70-year-old Vietnamese-born American woman living in Kansas City has set the record for being the oldest human to complete the ‘triple 7’ marathon challenge – running seven marathons on seven continents in seven consecutive days.

Three finalists out of nine potential design plans have been selected for the Long Thanh International Airport planned for construction in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai Province.

Public bulletin poles where ads and flyers can be posted for free are part of the new initiative by the administration of Cao Lanh City in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap to combat the disorderly posting of advertising materials.

A US-funded center for the mitigation and prevention of natural disasters was inaugurated on March 1 in Vietnam.

A Thai fund has bought 1.5 million shares in Mobile World Investment Corp (MWG), one of Vietnam’s leading mobile retailers, at a price of more than US$11 million.

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has given top priority to its ‘sidewalk clearing’ effort, not only in downtown areas but in other districts.

The US Embassy in Hanoi’s EducationUSA Advising Center will host the free EducationUSA Higher Education Spring Fair this week.

Two Vietnamese ministries have discussed a plan to slap an administrative fine on YouTube, saying the world’s largest video-sharing platform has violated Vietnam’s advertising regulations.

Sidewalks along a major hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have been equipped with a complicated system of barricades, an effort originally meant to reclaim space from vendors for pedestrians but now turning out to create immense difficulty for the latter.