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Vietnam hosts SEA Junior Athletics Championships
As many as 220 young athletes in the region are expected to take part in the 2013 Southeast Asian Junior Athletics Championships, which will open in Ho Chi Minh City on June 7.
Photo exhibition on patriotic emulation in HCM City
A photo exhibition opened in Lam Sơn Park, Ho Chi Minh City, on June 4, to feature the implementation of the late President Ho Chi Minh’s appeal for national patriotic emulation.
President Ho’s sentiment towards Russia highlighted
An exhibition and seminar themed “President Ho Chi Minh and Russia” was held in Hanoi on June 4 to mark 90 years of the late Vietnamese President’s first arrival in Russia and study of Marxism-Leninism.
Seminar calls for renewable energy development aid
A senior Vietnamese trade official has called for greater flows of capital into the developing economies of APEC including Vietnam to develop renewable energy.
Vietnamese tuna sells well in Europe
While tra fish and shrimp exports face difficulties due to dumping accusations and antibiotic problems, Vietnamese tuna enjoys high consumption in Europe.
Vietnamese culture introduced in France
A wide range of activities will be held in France between June 15 and July 23 to introduce the Vietnamese culture in this European nation.
HCM City sees crocodile exports doubling
Ho Chi Minh City has exported 3,985 crocodiles so far this year, nearly two times the total of 2012, according to the city’s Forest Protection Division.
Vietnam ships 2.8 million tonnes of rice abroad
Vietnam shipped abroad almost 2.8 million tonnes of rice in the first five months of this year, raking in US$1.2 billion, up nearly 10 percent over the same period last year.
National Assembly discusses amendments to 1992 Constitution
The 13th National Assembly on June 3 held a live television debate on the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution during its ongoing fifth session in Hanoi.
Another case of rhino horn smuggling
A woman has been caught at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport attempting to smuggle animal products, alleged to be rhino horn, into Vietnam.