Leaders of Russia and Laos have sent greetings to Vietnamese leaders on the 60th anniversary of the victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7).
The appeal court on May 7 upheld the death sentences of former Chairman of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) Duong Chi Dung and former Vinalines General Director Mai Van Phuc for embezzlement.
A Mekong Delta project on sustainable rural development and climate change adaptation will start in Ben Tre province later this month, according to provincial officials.
A delegation from the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilization led by the commission’s head, Ha Thi Khiet, paid a visit to the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) on the occasion of Buddha’s 2558th birthday.
Vietnam launched its nationwide activities for the 2014 Global Action Week in central Thua Thien-Hue province on May 6.
A project improving energy efficiency in the construction sector, as part of a clean energy programme funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), was unveiled in Hanoi on May 6.
The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has decided to provide the Mekong Delta region with VND500 billion (US$23.5 million) in non-refundable aid to help mechanise the local agricultural sector.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 6 issued a note urging ministries and localities to strengthen measures preventing and containing the spread of the hand-foot-mouth disease and dengue.
“President Ho Chi Minh and Dien Bien Phu Victory” is the name of an exhibition that opened on May 6 at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, as part of the activities marking the 60th anniversary of the victory and 124th birthday of the late leader.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka held a film screening on the Dien Bien Phu victory and General Vo Nguyen Giap on May 5 at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) in Colombo, as part of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic triumph.