A logo created by Nguyen Phuoc Duc from Ho Chi Minh City has won a contest designing logo and mascot for the 5th Asian Beach Games that Vietnam will host in 2016.
Rapping the News of VietnamPlus won the top award in the Digital First category of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung allowed the use of an official development assistance (ODA) package worth VND3 trillion (US$135 million) to carry out climate change adaptation projects during 2015.
Vietnam's index of industrial production (IIP) experienced a year-on-year increase of 6.7% from January to September 2014, the highest growth rate since the beginning of this year.
French singer and songwriter Sophie Maurin will present a pop concert at Ho Chi Minh City's Institute for Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) on October 10.
Foreign direct investment has significantly increased in recent years and will continue in the years ahead, especially as more State-owned enterprises are equitised, according to analysts.
Vietnam won the bronze medal at the ASEAN Football Federation Futsal Championships in Malaysia on September 27.
Customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on September 28 seized 59 illegally-transported elephant tusks.
More than 250 players from eight countries and territories will compete in the Kawasaki-Biere Larue Vietnam International Series at the Tuyen Son Sport Centre in the central city of Danang.
Vietnam's Hanel DTT Technology Joint Stock Company recently signed a cooperation agreement with Sundrew Myanmar Company to build an open e-government platform (OEP) based on open source technologies in Myanmar.