The national female fencing team's sabre group will participate in an intensive training course in the Republic of Korea (RoK) later this month.
Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong are close to completing their report on the Lang Biang biosphere reserve to be submitted to UNESCO for recognition this September.
The forthcoming International Feed, Livestock and Meat Processing Show (Vietstock 2014) will honour outstanding businesses for actively taking part in the development of husbandry industry, particularly the livestock value chain in Vietnam.
The Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945) worked hard to protect the nation, producing many documents that confirm Vietnam's sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) and archipelagoes.
Services at Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport have significantly improved, Deputy Director of the Northern Airports Authority Nguyen Ngoc Son said after conducting an unscheduled inspection in the last day of July.
A mega support industry event with three exhibitions is slated to be held in Ho Chi Minh City in October, promising to offer opportunities for local producers to update technologies as well as their management capacities.
Hanoi will conduct a comprehensive survey this year to measure citizen satisfaction with public administration.
An international festival highlighting Vietnamese traditional martial arts opened on August 1 in the central province of Binh Dinh, the birthplace of the practice.
The overweight and obese rate among children under five years old in Ho Chi Minh City has increased threefold over the past decade, posing major nutritional and health challenges to the southern city, heard a recent conference on child nutrition.
Top badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh will be the only Vietnamese in the men's singles of the Copenhagen world championships in Denmark from August 25 to 31, according to the World Badminton Federation.