President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Dang Ngoc Tung and Acting US Trade Representative, Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, discussed labour issues of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) during their meeting in Hanoi on April 22.
The Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team from the organisation Peace Trees in central Quang Tri province removed 114 explosive devices on April 22.
The Vietnamese government has provided welfare support for over 200,000 Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims on a monthly basis.
An international seminar spotlighting Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa ( Paracel) and Truong Sa ( Spratly) archipelagoes will take place from April 27-29 in Ly Son island district, home to the Hoang Sa Flotilla, which safeguarded the two archipelagoes hundreds of years ago.
The Embryo Technology Research Training Centre of the Military Medicine Academy has since 2002 helped with the successful birth of 1,500 children using in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) techniques.
Vu Thi Hang of Hanoi came home with a silver medal in the women’s 48kg freestyle wrestling at the 2013 Asia Wrestling Championships which wrap up in New Delhi, India on April 22.
Thirty two teams from universities and colleges across Vietnam will compete in the final rounds of the Vietnam Robot Contest 2013 from May 6-12 in the central city of Danang.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a US$96 million plan to train officials and young talents abroad in the next seven years.
Can Tho city is set to become an industrial hub, accounting for 46.9 percent of economic growth in the Mekong Delta region by 2015.
Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang joined his counterparts from 19 of the 21 APEC member economies at the APEC Ministerial Meeting that kicked off in Surabaya, Indonesia on April 20.