The second Japanese-language eloquence contest was held in the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 2, highlighting the friendship between Vietnam and Japan.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on August 2 had a working visit to the northern province of Ha Nam to inspect socio-economic development, new-style rural area building and Party-building work in the locality.
Vietnam will sign the ASEAN Agreement on Medical Device at the 46th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting, scheduled to take place in Myanmar later this month.
Breastfeeding can help reduce 13 percent of the mortality among children under five years old, or save about 6 million children from infectious diseases, a health official has said.
Vietnam will start compiling its own encyclopaedia this year as the work was recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
A photo exhibition entitled “To ke ban nghe” (I tell you my stories) came to the central province of Ninh Thuan on August 1 after its success in Hanoi, with 120 photos of daily life taken by ethnic children on display.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked central press agencies to do more to foster stronger national great unity.
Vietnam calls on all parties concerned to respect the newly-reached ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh has said.
A pilot model to raise awareness of the fight against HIV/AIDS and discrimination in ethnic minority-inhabited areas was launched in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on July 31.
The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) will sell tickets online from this November under a deal recently signed with FTP-FIS-TeleHouse joint venture.