Over 16,000 people in Ho Chi Minh City and surrounding areas joined the 18th Terry Fox Run on November 30 to raise funds for cancer patients.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and its Laos counterpart will co-organise the 2014 Laos Cultural Week in Vietnam during December 2 – 7 to mark the Laos National Day (December 2).
Hungarian President Áder János left Ho Chi Minh City on November 30, concluding his State visit to Vietnam from November 26-30 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Truong Tan Sang.
Fifty Vietnamese enterprises are taking part in the 19th international exhibition on fine art and craft products (AF-L’ARTIGIANO), which kicked off in Milan, Italy on November 29.
Nearly 1,000 students from secondary schools in the southern province of Kien Giang ’s Phu Quoc island district on November 30 joined a festival of protecting dugong, a species facing extinction in Vietnam.
More than 300 volunteers in the central city of Danang joined a meeting on November 30 to support the campaign of preventing domestic violence against women and girls.
Increasing the localisation ratio of leather and footwear products is a priority requirement for the industry in international integration as materials account for 68-75% of footwear production costs, the Vietnam Business Forum Magazine (VBF) said.
The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just approved a project to build a 1,000-bed paediatric hospital in the city.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front’s (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan and National Assembly deputies met with voters in Yen The district of northern Bac Giang province on November 30.
Hungarian President Ader Janos on November 30 visited the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang, as part of his ongoing visit to Vietnam from November 26.