Vietnam exported over 5.7 million tonnes of rice worth nearly US$2.5 billion in the past ten months of this year, according to the Vietnam Food Association (VFA).

A contest looking for architectural ideas for the Old Quarter in Hanoi concluded on November 4 with first prize going to Italian architect Masimo Alvisi and his Vietnamese colleague Nguyen Dinh Thanh.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee jointly held a ceremony on November 4 in Hanoi to announce the 2013 report on the state of world population.

The Saudi Fund for Development-funded medical training centre in northern Bac Kan province will start its first enrollment in 2014, aiming to provide sufficient health workers for rural and remote areas in the locality.

Vietnam is willing to listen to foreign investors and facilitate their investments in the country, President Truong Tan Sang has said. 

The national steering board for search and repatriation of martyr remains, known as Steering Board 1237, is set to actively collect information in an attempt to locate more martyr remains.

Hanoi police on November 4 seized nearly one tonne of animal organs that were being smuggled from the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Canon Marketing Vietnam Co., Ltd presented hundreds of gifts worth VND300 million to 400 storm-hit households in Duc Bon and Duc Linh communes, Vu Quang district, central Ha Tinh province on November 3 and 4.

Located in Bai Tu Long Bay in the northeastern province of QuangNinh, Ba Mun Island is one of the largest and most beautiful clusters of isles with the greatest abundance of flora in Bai Tu Long National Park.

The Culture, Sports and Tourism Festival of ethnic groups in the northwest region will take place in HoaBinh province on November 16 -18.