A training course on border defence for Lao military officers concluded in the northwestern province of Dien Bien on October 18.

A special photo exhibition featuring Vietnamese celebrities campaigning for the fight against cancer opened in Hanoi on October 19 to mark Pink Ribbon Day, organised for the first time by Breast Cancer Network Vietnam.

Nearly 500 businesses from home and abroad are expected to get together at the 13th Vietnam-China International Trade Fair, which will open in Lao Cai city on January 13. 

A senior World Bank (WB) official has vowed to work closely with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to share how to deploy climate change and green growth projects in Vietnam.

The 2013 Vietnam-Cambodia trade fair will commence on November 14 in Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh, said a representative from the Defence Ministry at a press briefing on October 18. 

The Air Defence-Air Force takes on a heavy responsibility defending national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, seas and islands and the socialist country in the wake of a changing world.

The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) pledges support to Vietnamese women’s activities abroad in general and Germany in particular, said the union’s President Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa.

Mongolian Deputy Prime Minister Dendev Terbishdagva has called on Vietnam and Mongolia to promote delegation exchange and speed up projects covering economics, trade, healthcare and culture in order to strengthen mutual trust, understanding and cooperation.

A seminar themed “The European Union in the 21st century: The EU integration process and the interaction between EU’s supranational institutions and the national EU member states” was held in Hanoi on October 17.

The 21st annual conference of the Asia- Oceania Tax Consultants Association (AOTCA 21) was held in Hanoi from October 17-18.