The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has signed a production-sharing contract (PSC) for Block 42 on the continental shelf waters of Vietnam with a consortium of contractors including PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Corporation (PVEP) and the Russia-Vietnam oil and gas joint venture, Vietsovpetro.
Top musicians from ASEAN countries, art groups and the Hanoi community around will gather at a much-anticipated music festival on May 11.
Difficulties facing the wood industry and measures to promote sustainable wood import and export in Vietnam were tabled during a policy dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29.
Vietnam and Cambodia will further boost defence ties under a cooperation plan for 2013.
Laos has awarded its noble Orders to a Vietnamese university’s teaching staff and professors for their outstanding contributions to training its human resources and fostering the special friendship between the two countries.
Vietnam will take part in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People Forum 2013 which is slated for April 6-8 in Brunei.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has asked Ho Chi Minh City to be resolute, patient and firm to continue bettering the Party building work.
The final round of the 2013 Buffalo Fighting Festival took place in Phu Ninh district, northern Phu Tho province, on March 28 (February 17 on lunar calendar).
The UNESCO office in Vietnam, in conjunction with the Danang Museum of Cham Sculpture, opened an exhibition on the World Heritage Sites of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in the central city of Danang on March 28.
A seminar on developing industrial strategies and clusters was held in Hanoi on March 28.