The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has decided to provide the Mekong Delta region with VND500 billion (US$23.5 million) in non-refundable aid to help mechanise the local agricultural sector.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on May 6 issued a note urging ministries and localities to strengthen measures preventing and containing the spread of the hand-foot-mouth disease and dengue.
“President Ho Chi Minh and Dien Bien Phu Victory” is the name of an exhibition that opened on May 6 at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi, as part of the activities marking the 60th anniversary of the victory and 124th birthday of the late leader.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Sri Lanka held a film screening on the Dien Bien Phu victory and General Vo Nguyen Giap on May 5 at General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU) in Colombo, as part of activities to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic triumph.
President Truong Tan Sang on May 6 visited and presented gifts to several families of war veterans and wounded soldiers in Dien Bien Phu city, the northwest province of Dien Bien, who participated in the Dien Bien Phu campaign 60 years ago.
A spectacular performance involving more than 1,000 artists kicks start a series of events celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory (May 7 1954) on May 6 evening.
Vietnam has always defined culture as the spiritual foundation of the society and the driving force and ultimate goal of socio-economic development, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh has said.
Tai Yuen Co., Ltd, a subsidiary company of the Taiwan-based Yunlon Group, will invest in a project to build a textile mill worth US$150 million in the northern province of Ha Nam.
Vietnam’s skilled workers will find it easier to seek high-income jobs when the ASEAN Community is formed by 2015.
Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, VNREDSat-1, has captured 3,661 images since it came under the country’s control on September 4, 2013.