The “Vietnam-Japan Friendship Train” will run on the North-South railway from May 8 to September 23, as part of activities to celebrate the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year.
Vietnam and Laos signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on natural resources and environmental cooperation in Hanoi on April 26.
The South African Embassy in Hanoi held a ceremony in the capital city on April 26 to mark the country’s 19th Freedom Day (April 27) and the 20th anniversary of South Africa–Vietnam diplomatic ties.
Vietnam will adopt every suitable and necessary peaceful measure to defend sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction as well as its legal and legitimate national interests in the East Sea in accordance with the UN Charter, international law and the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS).
The Hue Centre for Monuments Conservation has opened the royal garden of the Nguyen Dynasty – Co Ha, to the public.
Vietnam and Laos expect to increase two-way trade turnover to US$2 billion in 2015 and US$5 billion in 2020.
Industrial production index in April increased by 5.8 percent over the same period last year, contributing to a year on year increase of five percent in the first four months of this year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.
The Dolphin Plaza building in Hanoi’s outlying district of Tu Liem, won first prize in the 2012 Vietnam National Architecture Awards – marking the first victory by a luxury apartment complex.
Ten Vietnamese records in the field of intellectual property were announced at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on April 26, on the occasion of the World Intellectual Day 2013.
One of the most important activities of the upcoming National Assembly session is discussing the draft amendments to the 1992 Constitution, said State President Truong Tan Sang while meeting 400 voters in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 4 on April 25.