An estimated 700-800 Vietnamese people working illegally in Saudi Arabia may benefit from a general amnesty issued by the country's government, the Department of Overseas Labour said.
Nearly 300 items relating to the automobile- motorbike industry are on display at an international exhibition which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on May 30.
The statue of Buddha attaining Nirvana at the Linh Son Truong Tho Pagoda on Ta Cu Mountain, Binh Thuan province has been recognised as “Asia’s longest lying Buddha statue on a mountain top” by the New Delhi-based Asian Book of Records.
Vietnamese martial artists bagged 11 gold and 11 silver medals, coming first at the 2nd Southeast Asia Vovinam Championships in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
The first Hindi-Vietnamese dictionary has been launched at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) under Vietnam National University.
A series of activities will be organized in central provinces from June 1-8 to mark the World Oceans Day and the Vietnam Sea and Island Week 2013.
The website of the United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on May 29 ran an article praising Vietnamese “glass-bone” girl - Nguyen Phuong Anh - for her talent and desire to live which have inspired the community.
The National Action Programme for Nursing and Midwifery for the 2013 – 2020 period has manifested the Vietnamese Government’s strong commitment to accelerate the progress of fulfilling millennium development goals, especially saving maternal and new-born lives.
Domestic and international informatics experts gathered in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue for the 7th KES International Conference on Agents and Multi-Agent Systems – Technologies and Applications (AMSTA - 2013).
The fifth International Energy Technology – Environment Hanoi 2013 (ENTECH) kicked off in Hanoi on May 29 on the theme of “Energy Efficiency – Environment, Business Efficiency, Sustainable Development.”