The Department of Post under the Ministry of Information and Communications on August 28 officially objected to China’s Post Office issuing stamps that violate Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) Archipelago.
A Vietnamese student studying at the Thailand-based Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has won the Best Master’s Student paper award from the West Coast Section – Air and Waste Management Association of the United States.
Over 900 businesses have registered to participate in the annual sales promotion month in Ho Chi Minh City from August 30 to September 3, 10% more than last year.
The establishment of an autistic network in Vietnam is needed to raise public awareness of the rights of autistic people in particular and disabled people in general.
The Vietnam Culture Week 2013 started in Laos on August 29 on the occasion of Vietnam’s upcoming National Day (Sept. 2).
As many as 15,446 domestic and foreign prisoners will be released on August 30 in compliance with the President’s amnesty decision.
President Truong Tan Sang proposed Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture expand cooperation with Vietnamese localities at a reception for the province’s Governor Ogawa Hiroshi in Hanoi on August 29.
A conference evaluating labour export policies in relation with gender and migration opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 28.
The Hanoi Ca Tru Club is launching free weekly performances, starting August 31, to popularize one of the most preserved Vietnamese traditional art forms and a piece of world cultural heritage.
As many as 35 top Vietnamese and Indonesian food processors met in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 28.