Dozens of pictures and artefacts illustrating the life and teachings of the Buddha were put on show at an exhibition that opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 6 as part of Indian Cultural Week in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese and Finnish governments on March 6 signed an EUR11 million agreement for the second phase of their joint innovation partnership programme (IPP).
The garment and textile industry in the first two months of this year gained a year-on-year increase of 30.1% in export value to reach US$3.2 billion.
A ceremony to unveil a plaque for a street named after Tran Kim Xuyen, the first journalist-war martyr of the revolutionary Vietnamese press and the first director of the Vietnam News Agency, took place in Hanoi on March 5.
Vietnam - Spain trade in goods surmounted a record amount of 2.16 billion EUR last year, with rises in exports from both sides.
The Venezuelan Embassy in Vietnam published a book titled “Hugo Chavez Frias: Political Thoughts on Socialism in the 21st Century” in Hanoi on March 5.
Japan continues to provide over US$447,600 for the implementation of a project improving the nutrition of children and ensuring food security for the poorest residents in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
“Cha ca Quy Nhon” (Quy Nhon fish paste”, a specialty of central Binh Dinh province, has been recognised by the Asian Records Organisation (ARO) as one of Asian specialties.
The Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Steering Committee for the Northwestern Region have sought to maximise their coordination in ethnic and religious affairs in 2014.
A deer-like animal recently found in a Vietnamese nature reserve has been confirmed as a muntjac, a creature which was believed to have become extinct 84 years ago.