Many Party and State officials on September 3 joined students at various schools across the country to celebrate the beginning of the 2014-2015 new academic year.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong beat a drum on the occasion of the beginning of the new academic year on September 4 at Hanoi’s Nguyen Gia Thieu high school, which he attended nearly 60 years ago.
The Department of Health in Ho Chi Minh City is stepping up its efforts to detect early cases of exposure to the deadly virus Ebola which has killed more than 1,900 people in West Africa so far.
Over 600 ceramic antiques are on display at a two-month exhibition which opened at the beginning of September in the southern province of An Giang.
The northeastern province of Phu Tho has devised measures to preserve its cultural assets in the long run, including rituals worshipping the Hung Kings and “xoan” singing.
About 1.6 million children under 14 from the capital city of Hanoi will be vaccinated against measles and rubella as part of a 2014-2015 vaccination campaign launched by the municipal Health Department.
Nguyen Dang Che and Nguyen Huu Sam from the northern province of Bac Ninh are two of the few remaining artisans specialising in Dong Ho folk painting – a centuries-old tradition deeply engrained in the mind of the Vietnamese people.
Vietnamese badminton ace Nguyen Tien Minh shrugged off Thai Thammasin Sitthikom's confidence and determination in the first set to claim the match in straight sets.
The Third Vietnam Labour Market Update, a quarterly bulletin released on September 3, forecast a rise in the demand for skilled workers in the fields of mechanical production, food processing, electricity generation and distribution, communications, health services and social work in the last quarter of 2014.
With its improved living conditions, high economic growth and rising demand for senior professionals, Vietnam is considered an attractive spot for skilled foreign workers, according to Careerintelligence.com.