The biannual Autumn Economic Forum that opened in the northern province of Ninh Binh on September 27 is seeking how to speed up economic restructuring.
Vinpearl Joint Stock Company (Vinpearl) will launch the five-star Vinpearl Resort&Villas 1 in Hon Tre Island, Nha Trang, the coastal province of Khanh Hoa, in April 2015.
An exhibition documenting Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos is ongoing in the southernmost province of Ca Mau, with materials tracing back to the 16 th century and a six-volume atlas compiled by a famous Belgian cartographer.
Authorities from central Quang Nam province need to do more to increase the number of local ethnic minority people escaping poverty and fully benefiting from the State’s social welfare policies.
Developing community-based tourism is expected to help local residents improve their living standards and promote their cultural values, a senior tourism official said at a ceremony in Hanoi on September 26 on the occasion of World Tourism Day.
Preparations for a meeting in Japan to promote investment in the Mekong Delta’s agricultural sector were discussed by officials from relevant agencies and regional localities in Can Tho city on September 26.
Vietnamese athletes won two bronze medals at the 17th Asian Games (ASIAD 17) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on September 26.
Finnish enterprises said they are impressed by Vietnam’s investment potential during a working session with Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai on September 26 in Helsinki.
President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Dang Ngoc Tung hosted a reception for General Secretary of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) George Mavrikos in Hanoi on September 26.
Measures for improving health care for Vietnam ’s aged population were the focus of a conference organised by the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Hanoi on September 26.