Vietnam has so far received recognition of its market economy from 45 countries across the world, with Oman being the latest, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
On April 2, 29 people appeared before the People's Court of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien charged with conducting banditry in Muong Nhe district, in accordance with Article 83 of the Penal Code.
The Foreign Ministry and the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam held a conference on April 2 in Hanoi to announce the results of the country’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on human rights in the second cycle.
Despite a sharp growth in tuna exports in recent years, experts asserted that yet more effective measures should be applied to promote the sustainable development of tuna fishing and processing.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Justice Partnership Programme on April 2 launched the Vietnamese version of a book expected to aid Vietnam’s judicial reform.
The northern province of BacNinh granted investment licences to 32 new projects worth nearly US$200 million in total registered capital in the first quarter of this year, fulfilling 64 percent of the yearly target.
A repatriation ceremony for remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at the Danang International Airport in the central city of Da Nang on April 2.
A strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of natural resources and protection of the marine environment by 2020 with a vision to 2030 was officially announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 2.
How to help Tam Ky city in the central province of Quang Nam effectively respond to climate change was the focus of a workshop jointly held by the provincial Red Cross and the American Red Cross (ARC) in the city on April 1.
A UNESCO book honouring late President Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam’s national liberation hero, has been released by the National Political Publishing House.