A Japanese food festival where every table with a Vietnamese guest gets free food opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11.
Vietnam, with a population of around 90 million, strong economic growth and its proximity to China, is one of the more appealing markets in Asia, according to The Australian Financial Review, a leading daily newspaper.
Representatives from more than 60 Vietnamese and 80 Belarusian businesses gathered at a forum in Belarus’ capital city of Minsk on September 11 to explore their cooperation prospects.
Leading officials of the US ISC Corporation, a group of world-class investors and its partner of Tuan Chau Group (TCG), plan to build a US$7.5 billion casino and hotel complex project in Van Don and Tuan Chau islands.
The number of child drowning incidents has dropped as a result of a multi-sectoral plan on child drowning prevention launched in 2011, it was reported at a conference in Hanoi on September 11.
President Truong Tan Sang suggested France increase ODA provision as well as its direct investment to Vietnam at a September 11 reception for the visiting delegation of the France-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Group (FVFPG) led by its President Christian Poncelet.
Doctors from Hanoi Medical University Hospital have showed their techniques to foreign colleagues through their five heart operations which were telecasted at the 4th Asia Pacific Congenital and Structural Heart Intervention Symposium in Hong Kong, China.
The provincial People’s Court of Phu Yen on September 11 sentenced Ngo Hao, a resident of Tuy Hoa city, to 15 years in prison for conducting activities aimed at overthrowing the people’s administration.
Vietnam and Singapore issued a joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership in Hanoi on September 11 during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s official visit.
A wide range of food, beverages and technologies used in food processing and packaging are on show in Ho Chi Minh City on September 11-14.