The Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO (UNESCO Vietnam) will organise more cultural activities this year to further heighten Vietnam’s position in the world arena.
Young Vietnamese tennis player Nguyen Hoang Thien will go for U18 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Group 1 tournaments in Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines in March.
A collection of antique kimonos will be on display at Kisetsu, a shop on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street in the ancient city of Hoi An, through March 25.
The 13th Saigon Cyclo Challenge, an annual event that raises funds to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children, will be held on March 10 at the Crescent area in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7.
Australia’s Fred Hollows Foundation (FHF) has provided an additional US$117,000 for Hue eye hospital in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to improve community eye care services.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has coordinated with the Republic Ireland to help Vietnam implement a project on sustainable poverty reduction during the 2012-2016 period.
A conference was held on February 28 to build technical guidance for environmental impact assessment reports of the rare earth mining and processing projects in Vietnam.
Vietnamese Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva on February 27 asked for the establishment of a panel at an official meeting of the Dispute Settlement Body, aimed at resolving the shrimp case DS/429, in which the US side is the respondent.
The national Chau Van (spiritual singing) festival has gathered more scientific grounds for the compilation of a dossier seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the traditional singing genre as an Intangible Culture Heritage of Humanity.
The Government will provide preferential loans to about 1.5 million households in Vietnam who are living near the poverty line.