Howard Limbert, an expert of the British Cave Research Association said that his team had found traces of a collapsed cave in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Binh which beats the record of the world’s largest cave of Son Doong.
Customs officers at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on May 20 found five kilos of rhino horns hidden in a suitcase of a Vietnamese passenger.
Vietnamese athlete Do Thi Thao pocketed her second silver at the Asian Grand Prix Series second leg in Chonburi, Thailand, on May 8.
A senior agricultural official has called on provinces nationwide to intensify measures to prevent the spread of bird flu viruses, especially the transmission of H7N9 into Vietnam as the new strain is spreading in neighbouring China.
Da Nang, a key tourist destination in Vietnam’s central region, faces a high risk of an influenza A-H7N9 virus outbreak, and its authorities are taking necessary measures to prevent the penetration of the dangerous virus, which is now affecting the neighbouring country of China.
UN Resident Coordinator Pratibha Mehta has urged Vietnam to make greater efforts to fulfill the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as there are only 1,000 days to go before the MDGs expire.
Vietnam hopes to boost cooperation with Ukraine in enhancing public security officials’ capacity of combating international criminals, especially those using high technology, said Minister of Public Security General Tran Dai Quang.
The Haiphong City People’s Court on April 5 handed down jail terms of up to five years to farmers involved in coercive land reclamation in Vinh Quang commune, Tien Lang district, Hai Phong city on charges of “murder and resisting on-duty officials”.
(VOV) - National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung on January 11 met with ethnic minority voters in Thien Ky commune, the most difficult commune in Huu Lung district, the northern mountainous province of Lang Son.
Prime Minister of Haiti Laurent Salvador Lamothe left Hanoi on December 18, successfully concluding his official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Tan Dung.