A shipping route connecting Da Nang and Kawasaki in Japan via Shanghai, China will launch on January 28, General Director of Da Nang port Nguyen Thu has told Vietnam News.
A Design Lab contest, themed "Creating Healthy Homes", opened at Hanoi's University of Industrial Fine Arts on January 22 as part of a series of activities to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Sweden.
People in Ho Chi Minh City on January 26 offered incense and Banh Tet (traditional sticky rice cake) to the Hung Kings - who are believed to be the founders of the country - on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) will, together with the World Economic Forum (WEF), work out an action plan for the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in agriculture sector during the 2014-2018 period.
Export turnover of farm products nationwide for the very first month of this year reached a modest US$2.32 billion, reducing by 9.7 percent from one year ago, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The Health Ministry was at the bottom of the ministerial-level public administration reform index 2012 (PAR INDEX 2012) with 64.78 percent, announced the Ministry of Home Affairs at the Government’s regular January meeting in Hanoi on January 25.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung presented the Ho Chi Minh Order to Dr. Thai Phung Ne, a leading Vietnamese hydroelectricity expert, in Hanoi on January 25.
As many as 100 needy children in Hanoi’s outlying districts of Soc Son and Ba Vi received New Year gifts, each worth VND500,000 (US$23 USD) at an annual programme on January 25.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has called for the best efforts by ministries, agencies and localities to ensure a warm, happy and safe New Year holiday for the people, at the regular government meeting in Hanoi on January 25.
Quang Ngai plans to become a major destination in the central region and to develop tourism to into a major sector of its economic structure, contributing significantly to the province’s income and development.