Motorcycles manufacturers in Vietnam are trying to survive in the face of a prolonged market slump by introducing more budget units with higher domestic content.
The Hue Central Hospital in the central province of Thua Thien Hue held a ceremony on November 17 to mark 200 successful kidney transplant cases conducted by its experts and to honor the voluntary kidney donors.
The location of the Phuc Xuan 68 ship, which sank after colliding with another ship in waters off central Khanh Hoa province on Nov. 9, was finally found, announced the Office of the National Committee for Search and Rescue on Nov. 16.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Processors (VASEP) forecasts shrimp export revenues of US$3.8 billion this year as compared to US$3 billion in 2013.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a plan to develop culture, sports and tourism in the key central economic region through 2020 with a vision towards 2030.
A Vietnamese delegation, led by deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for External Affairs Tran Dac Loi, participated in the 16th International Meeting of Communists and Workers’ Parties held in Ecuador from November 13 to 15.
Vietnam’s National Traffic Safety Committee (NTSC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on November 16 to commemorate victims of fatal road accidents and call for people’s higher road sense.
Vietnam introduced its unique culture at the Asian Ethnic Cultural Performances 2014, which was held in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on November 16.
The National Museum of History will host a workshop dedicated to Vietnam's Dong Son Civilisation (dating from 1,000BC to 100AD) on November 18.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Nguyen Thien Nhan was rejoiced at seeing the latest changes in Tan Lap Village in the former revolutionary base in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang as a result of the VFF’s “All people unite to build cultural lifestyle in residential communes” campaign.