Businesses from the City of London are interested in Ho Chi Minh City’s infrastructure and health care, especially the new urban area Thu Thiem and the public railway system, the city’s Lord Mayor revealed.
The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment and the United Nations Environment Programme jointly held a national capacity building workshop on controlling the illegal trade in chemicals and waste in Hanoi on October 6.
Mekong Delta provinces are implementing measures to tackle the issue of water pollution, according to the Steering Committee for the South-Western Region.
Truong Son Construction Company in the central province of Quang Tri discovered hundreds of unexploded ordnances left over from the US war in Ka Tang hamlet, Lao Bao town in Huong Hoa district on October 5.
Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang requested the Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC) complete its restructuring plans so the process can be concluded in 2015.
Nine out of 10 digital consumers in Vietnam watch online videos weekly as the burgeoning popularity of online video in Southeast Asia is re-shaping the region's media landscape, according to a report from the South Asia Cross-Platform from Nielsen, a global information and insights company.
A sailor suffering from a heart attack on board a vessel from Singapore to the Republic of Korea was brought ashore by Vietnam’s Rescue Force.
A Thai woman was caught carrying 1.73kg of cocaine worth VND11 billion (US$519,000) at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport.
The four northern provinces of Bac Giang, Thai Nguyen, Hai Duong, and Quang Ninh need to work together closely to tap into their tourism potential, according to participants in a workshop in Bac Giang on October 4.
About 1,500 people took part in the final round of the 41st annual Open Hanoi Moi Run Tournament on October 5 in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Hanoi’s Liberation Day (October 10).