The sixth trans-Vietnam cycling tour to promote the country’s sea and islands began in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on July 6.
The number of tourists visiting two central coastal cities, Danang and Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa province), has so far risen by 16 percent and 20 percent compared with the same period last year.
Work on construction of the Phu Hung cotton plant will start in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue 's Phu Bai Industrial Park this month.
A bronze drum from the Dong Son culture (2,000BC-200AD) has been found at a road construction site in the northern province of Bac Kan, according to researchers from the Vietnam Archaeology Institute.
The Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange/ Dioxin (VAVA) on July 5 received US$5,000 from Nguyen Chinh Nga- an overseas Vietnamese (OV) in Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom province.
Chairwoman of Hanoi’s People's Council Ngo Thi Doan Thanh received the highest number of high confidence votes (91.58 percent) in the first attempt to publicly assess the work of top officials in the capital, according to results announced by the council on July 4.
Vietnamese scholars and their US partners have earned three awards in a US Government programme to fund scientific research in developing countries, according to a recent press release issued by the US Embassy in Vietnam.
Artists from the Vietnam National Symphony Orchestra (VNSO) will perform under the baton of renowned Japanese conductor Honna Tetsuji at the annual Toyota Concerts on August 1-2 at the Hanoi Opera House.
(VOV) -Vietnamese movie “Cha, con va...” (Father, son and…) by director Phan Dang Di will be funded with EUR40,000 by the World Cinema Fund (WCF).
A set of 50 oil paintings by painter Do Duc which were displayed at an exhibition entitled “Living on Rock” brought to the public a view, full of emotion, on the lives of people in the karst plateau of Ha Giang.