An ageing population and care for the elderly were discussed at a conference in Hanoi on November 19. 

The annual gala has been held at the Logan Hall by the Vietnamese Students’ Association at the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (VNLSE), drawing Vietnamese students across the UK.

A Japanese funded water supply project was launched in Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on November 18.

The 21st Conference of the Southeast Asian Zoos Association (SEAZA) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on November 18, drawing nearly 200 delegates from 20 countries and territories.

The Dai Duc Cooperative in the southern province of Tra Vinh has won a contract to export 30 tonnes of red flesh dragon fruit to the US in 2014.

Tokyo hopes to support Vietnam in environmental protection, water drainage, athlete training, and education, which are all Japan’s strengths.

“I believe my visit to India will help lift the two countries’ strategic cooperation to a new height,” Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has told Indian news agency PTI (Press Trust of India).

A ceremony to celebrate the 83rd founding anniversary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) was held in Hanoi on November 18.

A 300-year old banyan tree in My Duc district, Hanoi has been recognised by the Vietnam Association for Conservation of Nature and Environment (VACNE) as a Vietnam Heritage Tree. 

Established in Hanoi in 1997, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has served as a research centre and a public museum with a mission to collect, document, preserve and exhibit the cultural heritage of Vietnam ’s 54 ethnic groups.