Danang topped the Provincial Public Administration Reform Index 2013 (PAR INDEX 2013), fulfilling 87.02 percent of the criteria on reform completion, 9.46% higher than the national average of 77.56%.
Politburo member and President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan met with the head of the Lao Buddhist Coalition Central Committee, Monk Phong Samauruks, in Hanoi on September 5.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has announced the recognition of the Ok-Om-Bok festival as the 4th national intangible cultural heritage of southern Tra Vinh province.
President Truong Tan Sang on September 5 joined teachers and students at Hau Nghia high school in southern Long An province’s Duc Hoa district to attend an inaugural ceremony of the newly-built school and welcome the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year.
An international workshop was held in Hanoi on September 4 on the draft proposal for the Lang Biang Biosphere Reserve, which will be submitted to UNESCO.
The northern border province of Lao Cai on September 4 gave 100 tonnes of rice to residents of Ludian county, Zhaotong city in the Chinese province of Yunnan to help them overcome the consequence of the earthquake in August.
Canon Vietnam Co. Ltd opened the new academic year 2014-2015 at Tan Yen High School 2 in the northern province of Bac Giang and launched its bicycle donation programme.
Vietnam and Laos have agreed to enhance their collaboration on religious issues through organising regular meetings to share information on and experience in State management of religion.
The Vietnamese embassies in some countries have organised a range of activities to celebrate the 69th anniversary of Vietnam’s National Day (September 2).
The Vietnamese Party, State, Government and National Assembly continued receiving messages of congratulations from leaders of a number of countries on the occasion of Vietnam’s 69th National Day (September 2).