Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Council Ngo Thi Doan Thanh has voiced her hope that with much experience in developing tourism, the Thai capital Bangkok will promote its assistance to and cooperation with Hanoi in this field.
The PetroVietnam Gas Corporation (PV GAS) and Russia’s Gazprom M&T have signed a contract to buy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for a warehouse project at Thi Vai Port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has decided to set up the Cao Bang Border Gate Economic Zone in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.
The country should pay attention to slashing poverty in urban areas as it looks to do this sustainably, said head of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs Truong Thi Mai at a recent workshop in Ho Chi Minh City.
The Russian Cultural Centre (RCC) in Vietnam on March 10 launched the “Russian Universities” project, as part of activities to realize the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
Vietnam earned US$143.64 million from its export to Canada in January, a year-on-year increase of 20.76%, according to customs statistics.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has registered to borrow official development assistance (ODA) capital from the World Bank (WB) to implement a project on reducing urban flooding over 2015-2020.
French non-governmental organization Enfants du Vietnam has donated 116 scholarships worth a total of VND87 million (nearly US$4,000) to poor students in the Mekong delta province of Vinh Long.
Associate Prof. Dr. Le Thi Luan, who has spent 16 years studying and producing Rotavin-M1, an anti-diarrhoea vaccine for children, will be presented with the prestigious Vietnam Kovalevskaia Prize at a ceremony in Hanoi on March 8.
The Ministry of Public Security in coordination with Quang Ninh province’s market management team has seized 2,000 pigeons that entered Vietnam over the border area in Mong Cai city.