Japanese police have officially confirmed the identities of the two Vietnamese who drowned in a beach accident and recovered from the coast of Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka prefecture on August 18.
Two centenarians in Vietnam may set the world new record as the oldest living men if their records can be verified by the Vietnam Records Organisation (Vietkings).
Vietnam’s Kon Tum province and Thailand’s Ubonratchathani province are cooperating in developing a road tour linking localities in the two countries and Laos via Bo Y border gate, the Saigon Times Daily reported.
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on religious dignitaries to play a greater role in mobilising people to forge a sound security in their residential areas.
Nearly 200 exhibits confirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes are on display at a month-long exhibition that opened in the Mekong delta city of Can Tho on August 26.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on August 26 has urged the education sector to accelerate the granting of autonomy to State-run universities, which he said is a breakthrough to improve tertiary education quality.
The promotion of negotiations on a Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) toward the early signing of the agreement will contribute to intensifying cooperation for both sides’ interests.
Caring for those who rendered service to the nation, including former youth volunteers, is the responsibility of the Party, State, and the entire society, said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
The Lawerence S. Ting Memorial Fund on August 25 presented 200 wheelchairs worth VND360 million (US$17,140) to people with disabilities in the northern province of Dien Bien.
Canon Vietnam Ltd. on August 25 handed over the street lighting systems along nine km of rural roads in poor communes in three districts of the northern province of Bac Ninh.