The international initiative Alive & Thrive (A&T) handed over its “Little Sun” childcare trademark to Vietnam’s National Institute of Nutrition on September 17.
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has provided US$700,000 in non-refundable aid to the pilot application of Vietnam’s Smart Grid project, that will help Vietnamese energy companies efficiently manage the use of electricity during peak hours, and optimise power distribution.
The Asia News Network (ANN) will hold its annual meeting in Hanoi on September 18-19, with a view to enhancing cooperation between its 22 members.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has decided to invest VND492 billion (US$23 million) in upgrading the city’s embankment and drainage systems in 2014 and 2015.
National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong met with the heads of several delegations attending the ongoing 35th General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-35) in Vientiane, Laos, on September 17.
The External Relations Agency under the Ministry of Public Security made its debut in Hanoi on September 17.
Vietnam needs to reverse the trend of becoming an “aged” population, a process which was first recognised in 2011.
This year, more than 34,000 international cruise holiday-makers landed in Chan May port to visit Hue’s imperial sites in the central province of Thua Thien–Hue.
Vietnam and the Republic of Sudan ratified an agreement on maritime transport on September 17.
The Steering Committee for the Southwest Region and leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long visited a number of local pagodas on September 17 on the occasion of the Sene Dolta Festival, a Khmer holiday to honour ancestors.