A senior Cambodian official has credited the Cambodians of Vietnamese descent for the country’s development, saying that they have lent hands to its poverty reduction cause.

The 28th Diplomatic Conference was wrapped up in Hanoi on December 20 after five days of reviewing the sector’s performance and devising measures to carry out its tasks in the coming time. 

Vietnamese enterprises have so far committed a total of US$15.5 billion in 742 projects abroad.

The American Council of Engineering Companies of New York recently announced that central Danang’s Dragon (Rong) Bridge has won the Diamond Award in the 2014 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) in the structural systems category.

How to apply effectively mathematics in socio-economic development is the main subject discussed at the Vietnam International Applied Mathematics Conference which began in Ho Chi Minh City (VIAMIC 2013) on December 19. 

Vinacomin Motor Industry (VMI), under the Vietnam Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), signed a contract with several Czech companies to manufacture a monorail conveyor system on December 19.

Microsoft Vietnam and Lac Viet Company on December 18 announced that they have filed a lawsuit against a Taiwanese company, Gold Long John Dong Nai International, for software piracy.

The number of tourists to the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) has been on the rise for some time, bringing sizable economic and social benefits, and proving the tourism sector’s important role in the area’s socio-economic development.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs and relevant State management agencies will focus their efforts on completing the legal framework for religious affairs in 2014, particularly revising the Ordinance on Belief and Religion.

Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Vu Trong Kim has extended season’s greetings to Catholic dignitaries and followers in Phat Diem diocese, Kim Son district, northern Ninh Binh province.