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President hails efforts of female entrepreneurs
President Truong Tan Sang has valued efforts of female entrepreneurs in expanding their businesses and contributing to the national development over the past years, despite great challenges posed by the domestic and global economic downturn.
RoK supports Huong River planning scheme
The Republic of Korea has pledged a non-refundable official development assistance (ODA) aid package for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to detail a planning scheme on the poetic Huong River.
Hue holds online dialogue on heritage conservation
The People’s Committee of central Thua Thien-Hue province on February 28 held an online dialogue with local organizations, businesses and individuals on ways to preserve heritages, develop tourism and organise the Hue Festival 2014.
Lao students join provincial sports festival
Nearly 200 Lao students joined their fellow Vietnamese friends at the Phu Dong Sports Festival of the northwestern province of Dien Bien, which opened on February 28.
Hanoi to build one more flyover
The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved a project to build a flyover at the Chua Boc-Pham Ngoc Thach intersection, a site prone to traffic jams.
Local exporters eye French markets
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of US$2.45 billion in export to France for this year in view of gloomy economic conditions, and encouraged businesses to focus on consumer goods tailored to the tastes of French low and middle markets.
US’s evaluations on human rights in Vietnam inaccurate
Some assessments about Vietnam in the US Department of State’s 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are based on inaccurate information and do not reflect the real situation in Vietnam.
Clear progress needed in economic restructuring: PM
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries, sectors and localities to speed up the restructuring of state-owned enterprises following the approved plan, determined to make clear progress in 2014.
Biodiversity workshop warns of damaging invasive species
The Biodiversity Conservation Agency (BCA), under the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) has held a training workshop on communication strategies to prevent the progress of invasive species in the country.
Comprehensive evidence for Neolithic tombs discovered
Strong evidence has, for the first time, been discovered suggesting that Vietnamese tombs in the central province of Thanh Hoa date from the early to late period of the Da But civilisation (6,500 – 4,700 BC).