Around 250,000 cu.m of soil in Bien Hoa City, the southern province of Dong Nai, are contaminated with dioxin at levels ranging from 1,000 ppt to as high as more than 1 million ppt, it was reported at a workshop in Dong Nai on October 31.
The 13th National Assembly (NA) continued its 8th session on October 21 with group discussions focusing on socio-economic issues.
Swimmer Vo Thanh Tung on October 21 won the sixth gold medal for Vietnam at the ongoing Asian Para Games 2014 in Incheon, the Republic of Korea.
Ho Chi Minh City and Japan’s Izumiotsu city, with their respective advantages in seaport development, are able to boost collaboration in this field in the near future.
A trade fair on industry, technology and biotechnological equipment (Biotechmart 2014) is being held in Hanoi from October 21-24.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed Vietnamese representative agencies in Nepal to urgently verify information on Vietnamese missing in a recent snowstorm in Himalayas.
The southern region’s working group of the Vietnam Customs’ Anti-Smuggling and Investigation Department seized 94 rifles during a routine inspection of a vessel anchored at Sao Mai-Ben Dinh wharf in the southern province of Vung Tau.
A defence policy dialogue between Vietnam and the US took place in Hanoi on October 21.
The Prime Minister has approved the plan to equitise the Vietnam National Seaproducts Corporation (Seaprodex).
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed the Government halve value-added tax (VAT) and exempt or cut corporate income tax by 50% for enterprises joining a planned tourism promotion programme in the last three months of this year and throughout next year, the Saigon Times Daily reported.