Vietnam and Belgium have signed an agreement for a six-year project to build a "Green Growth Strategy Facility" worth 5.5 million euros.
Traffic deaths in the first seventh months of 2013 rose by 4.86% year-on-year, according to statistics released by the National Committee for Traffic Safety.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt is making emergency plans to protect the safety of the Vietnamese community in the wake of escalating violence in the country.
The granting of amnesty to prisoners demonstrates the Party and State's policy of humanity and clemency for those who have shown repentance.
Vietnam has the highest number of website server attacks in the world (394), leaving Russia (34 servers attacked) and India (19) far behind.
A village in Lao Cai province of Vietnam and a community in China’s Yunnan province have become the first Vietnamese and Chinese localities along the shared border to establish twinning relations.
A seminar reviewing the progress made by a major environmental pilot project in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City took place in the capital on August 17.
A photo exhibition on the life of King Duy Tan, one of the last kings of the Nguyen Dynasty, was held in the ancient imperial city of Hue on August 15.
A high-ranking delegation from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces paid a visit to Division 9, Army Corps 4 under the Vietnam People’s Army on August 15, according to the army daily Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army).
A leading official from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank Group has affirmed that the IFC has confidence in Vietnam’s long-term economic prospects and commits to supporting its growth during difficult times.