Nine Vietnamese individuals and families in Bangkok and Noong Khai province of Thailand have received the Vietnamese State’s orders and medals for their contributions to the country’s resistance wars in the past as well as in the current national development.
Vietnam’s macroeconomics is on the right track, said Alfred Schipke, head of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team reviewing macroeconomic and structural policies.
Construction started on two new pagodas on Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on April 22-23, increasing the number of pagodas on the islands to five.
The US General Consulate in HCM City on April 22, on the occasion of Earth Day, awarded prizes and certificates to the winners of a contest to design a logo for the Save the Dugong campaign.
Ho Chi Minh City will host a seminar on April 24 for businesses, experts, advertising companies and market research firms to get proper understanding of the local promising mobile market.
Vietnam has been developing a geographical indication system to safeguard the patent rights of the country’s famous traditional products with a hope that the new system will help boost production and trade of the country’s unique produce.
Vietnam ranked ninth on the World Bank’s list of the 10 countries that attracted the most overseas remittances, with US$10 billion in 2012.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan to implement the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
The Heads of Vietnamese representative agencies overseas have pledged to bridge the Central-Central Highlands provinces with foreign investors in a bid to spur socio-economic development in the region and the country as well.
The Hanoi People’s Committee has approved a US$619 million plan on clean water supply and rural environmental hygiene until 2020 with a vision to 2030.