The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is funding a VND4.1 billion (US$195,000) project to help farmers in central Quang Nam province improve their incomes from vegetable production in the 2013-16 period.
A stone church and the Muong Hoa valley in Sapa tourist town, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, have been submitted to the Vietnam Record Organisation (VietKing) to seek recognition as national records.
Made-in-Vietnam micro satellite, Pico Dragon, was shipped to the International Space Station (ISS) on August 4 to prepare for a mission in space.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on August 3 inaugurated its fifth hangar to maintain wide-body aircraft at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.
Bright prospects are visible in Vietnam-South Africa trade and investment cooperation, Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Le Huy Hoang has affirmed.
Central Danang city has welcomed 78,200 Chinese air travellers in the first half of this year.
Vietnam earned over US$4 million from tuna exports to Portugal in the first five months of this year, representing an impressive year-on-year increase of 419 percent.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Malaysian Toyo-Ink Corporation on August 1 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Hau River 2 thermal power plant to be built under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model.
Hanoi launched a tourist support division on August 1 to solve as quickly as possible incidents reported by tourists, and provide them with necessary information about the capital city.
Children nationwide will have a chance to voice their opinions on the amendments to the Law on Child Protection, Care and Education at the National Children’s Forum, slated in Hanoi for August 8-9.