The “House for trees” architecture project, an initiative of Vietnam’s Vo Trong Nghia company, has won the AR House Awards, an annual prize given by the UK’s Architectural Review for the world’s best one-off house.
Hanoi Police have arrested Feng Hai Qiang, a Chinese citizen, for using counterfeit debit cards to appropriate cash from automated teller machines (ATM).
Executives from several leading UK companies in the oil and gas services industry will begin a five-day visit to Vietnam on June 23 to seek investment opportunities.
The southern province of Tra Vinh has submitted a document to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism asking for recognition of the Ok Om Bok Festival, a moon worshipping ritual of the Khmer ethnic minority group, as a national intangible cultural heritage.
Vietnam has displayed its potential products at the international food and beverage fair in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 19-21, in a hope of boosting its exports to the country and other global markets.
Despite the Chinese aggression in the East Sea, Vietnamese fisheries surveillance and coast guard authorities on June 19 continued to relentlessly demand China remove its drilling rig out of Vietnam’s waters and respect international law, reported the Vietnam Fisheries Surveillance Department.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to learn from the Netherlands’ experience in hi-tech farming, Chairman of its People’s Committee Le Hoang Quan has said.
Australian Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City John McAnulty vowed to call for more investment in the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre at his working session with local authorities on June 18.
Hanoi and Toulouse city of France will enhance cooperation in a wide range of areas from cultural exchange to conservation of old quarter heritages, sustainable urban development, training and economics.
A conference was held in Hanoi on June 17-18 to share experience in organising and operating trade union activities between the Hanoi Confederation of Labour (HCL) and its counterpart of Oslo, Norway, with a focus on developing the negotiation skills of grassroots activists.