Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsing Thammavong agreed to conclude negotiations on the signing of a new bilateral trade agreement, which forms the legal framework for achieving the two countries’ goal of US$2 billion in trade by 2015.
The Asian Records Organisation granted four Asian records to Vietnamese units and individuals at a convocation between Vietnamese record holders and those from some Asian nations held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22.
Vietnam has organised a steering committee that will enable the country's tea industry to recover, become highly competitive and achieve sustainable development in the future.
Eight residents in the vicinity of world heritage site Ho Dynasty Citadel in northern central Thanh Hoa province took a chance to depict their love for the heritage as well as challenges to maintaining its vitality by cameras.
Children of disadvantaged migrants in four Ho Chi Minh City districts with high migrant populations will receive educational and health assistance under a project run by the HCM City Children Welfare Association.
The Vietnam Farmers’ Union and the United Nations Population Fund co-organised a running event in Hanoi on November 23 in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (November 25).
Russia’s Pravda newspaper remarked Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Russia as a historical milestone in bilateral relations in an article featuring the event.
More than 20 Vietnamese businesses selling farm and seafood products are participating in the Asia Pacific Food Expo (APFE) in Singapore.
Vietnamese team won six gold medals at the 4th Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, which closed in the Republic of Korea on November 22.
Ho Chi Minh City, the nation's commercial hub, will keep its economic growth target for 2015 high at 9.5-10% and initiate several business-friendly measures to achieve it, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan has said.