Hanoi will focus on developing high-tech agriculture in order to raise its value of agricultural production to VND231 million per ha by 2015, said the Vietnam Economic Times.
The Vietnam National Petroleum Group (Petrolimex) cut its retail prices for a number of fuel types nationwide from 18:00 on October 23.
The Japanese coach of Vietnam's national football team, Toshyia Miura, says that fitness and tactics will be his priorities in a 10-day training camp in the southern province of Binh Duong.
A seminar was held in Hue city in the central province Thua Thien-Hue from October 21-23 to review the Mekong-Building Resilience to Climate Change in Asian Cities (M-BRACE) project in the 2011-2014 period.
The Cham people’s traditional Kate festival in the southern central province of Binh Thuan has attracted thousands of local residents and tourists.
Insurance companies paid nearly VND116 billion (US$5.45 million) for businesses that were affected in incidents sparked by workers’ rallies protesting against China’s illegal actions in Vietnam’s waters on May 13-14.
Ho Chi Minh City inaugurates a Department of Tourism, the first of its kind nationwide, on October 23 to enhance management in the field.
Authorities in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh will create favourable conditions for investors to develop the maritime economy, especially port services, a local official said.
Deputies at the ongoing 8 th session of the 13th National Assembly on October 23 heard a number of reports and debated the draft revised Law on Social Insurance.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) were submitted to the National Assembly (NA) for ratification on October 23.