This year, more than 34,000 international cruise holiday-makers landed in Chan May port to visit Hue’s imperial sites in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue.
Vietnam and the Republic of Sudan ratified an agreement on maritime transport on September 17.
The Steering Committee for the Southwest Region and leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long visited a number of local pagodas on September 17 on the occasion of the Sene Dolta Festival, a Khmer holiday to honour ancestors.
Fruit farmers in the northwest will be able to improve access to markets in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and overseas under a research project promoted by the Australian Government.
The Government’s efforts in 2014 to prevent and combat corruption were recently reviewed by the National Assembly’s Judicial Committee.
The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho will host the Vietbuild 2014 International Exhibition and the Vietnam international Agriculture Fair in the fourth quarter of this year.
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice on September 16 officially handed over licences to two US adoption service providers –Dillon International and Holt International Children’s Services to facilitate inter-country adoptions following a six-year hiatus.
Vietnam had invested US$19 billion in 890 projects in 63 countries and territories worldwide by July this year.
Top Vietnamese male swimmer Hoang Quy Phuoc will carry Vietnam's national flag at the opening ceremony of the 17th Asian Games (Asiad) in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on September 19.
An outclassed Vietnam women's football team went down five-nil to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Group ‘C' opener at the 17th Asian Games on September 16.