Nine Vietnamese fishermen who were rescued from an accident on the East Sea on December 10 landed at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on December 14.

The Anti-narcotics force uncovered a drug smuggling of 2.2 kg of heroin in Ho Chi Minh City on December 14.

Vietnam’s 85-member delegation participated in a wide range of activities at the 18th World Festival of Youth and Students that closed on December 13 in Quito, Ecuador. 

Officials of the northern Bac Ninh province are scheduled to attend a training course in Singapore early next year, in a bid to improve their knowledge and experience in State administrative management.

The Governor of Kanagawa prefecture said businesses in his locality are very interested in investment and trade opportunities in Vietnam during his meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Tokyo on December 14.

A new set of postage stamps entitled ‘Vietnamese Primates’ will be issued next year to commemorate the 25th International Conference on Primates, to be held for the first time in Vietnam.

Vietnamese shooters have defeated their Singapore and Malaysia rivals to win gold medal in the men team’s 50m pistol event at the ongoing 27 th SEA Games on December 13 competition day. 

The southern Binh Duong province has established a customs office at its international seaport, which is located at the centre of the land and water transport network in the southeastern region. 

(VOV) - The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has demanded death penalty for two former executives of the Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) who went on trial on December 12.

As many as 1,000 people got together in a charity gala in Ho Chi Minh City on December 12 to raise funds for the Philippine victims of typhoon Haiyan.