Hanoi’s Culture, Sports and Tourism Department will propose naming a major street in the capital after General Vo Nguyen Giap.
The Ho Chi Minh Chapter of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha on October 7 held a ceremony to introduce the film “The life of Buddha” to its followers.
Vice Chairwoman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Ngoc Bich has asked France’s Toulouse city to continue helping the capital in preserving historical monuments and urban planning.
The public and media of countries across the world keep praising General Vo Nguyen Giap who passed away on October 4.
Vietnam will send five representatives to compete at the Badminton Asia Youth U17 and U15 2013 Championships starting on October 8 in Indonesia.
A festival has been held for the first time by Vietnamese and foreign volunteers, aiming to spread Vietnam’s culture to international friends and visitors.
Relevant agencies are seeking ways to salvage the Panamanian ship Bright Royal and deal with its oil slick. The vessel is drifting south after being stranded in the waters of Ly Son island, the central province of Quang Ngai.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has assured that there will be sufficient rice for export from now to the end of the year, with more than 1 million tonnes expected to be ready for export next year.
Taxes and duties collected in the first nine months of this year by the General Department of Customs rose 13.8 percent year-on-year to nearly VND160 trillion (US$7.27 billion), meeting only 67.6 percent of the annual target.
The US$9 million plant of the Belmont Manufacturing Limited Company, a subsidiary of Japan’s Takara Belmont, was put into operation on October 7 in the southern province of Dong Nai.