The Vietnamese retail market has huge potential, but local investors are frittering away the advantage by failing to develop modern retail, a senior industry-trade official has warned.
(VOV) -Pa Then ethnic women in northern mountain Ha Giang province have made constant efforts in preserving the cultural values of their group as the traditional craft is facing a risk of sinking into oblivion.
From 2015 onwards, the measure for poverty will comprise five factors, including living conditions, access to education and health care, access to information, and access to insurance and social assistance, instead of the previous measure of income levels.
The Culture, Sport and Tourism Department of the central city of Danang will launch the Danang Smiling City project as a part of tourism promotion next month.
The Government will pay special attention to facilitating the sustainable growth of Yen Bai so that the northern mountainous province can gradually narrow the development gap with other localities nationwide, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The 12th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up in Hanoi on September 19, adopting several joint statements of the meeting and its related ones.
Construction on the Parliament House and new Ba Dinh Hall is expected to be completed by October 20, just in time to hold the eighth session of the 13th National Assembly (NA).
The Prime Minister has recognised Phu Quoc island district in the southern province of Kien Giang as a second-tier city.
State President Truong Tan Sang offered incense to Vietnam’s founding fathers, Hung Kings, at the national historical relic site of the Hung Kings’ Temple in the northern province of Phu Tho on September 18.
Vietnam’s nine-member archery team, comprising six archers and three officials, departs for Incheon, the Republic of Korea (RoK), on September 19 for the 17th Asian Games (Asiad), the Nhan Dan (People) online newspaper reported.