Viettel Tanzania has helped Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) win the award for the Best Investment Project 2014 in East, Central and West Africa Region, held in Dubai.

Davines Art Series No 4, the latest edition of Davines's annual global competition, has been launched as a film production/photography contest, titled Treasure the Beauty.

The Government Inspectorate of Vietnam released a UNDP-supported report on July 29, detailing why corrupt asset recovery is the least effective anti-corruption programme in the country.

The national women's football team gathered at Hanoi's Youth Football Training Centre on July 28 to prepare for the second round of qualifiers for the 2016 Olympics.

Vietnam continued to maintain their victory run in the International Women's Volleyball - VTV Cup, defeating Liaoning of China 25-18, 26-28, 25-18, 13-25, 18-16 on July 28 in Bac Lieu Province and thus staying put at the top of the charts.

The minimum score to be considered for university enrolment is 15 points, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) said on July 28.

People receiving vaccines through the free national immunisation programme will be compensated if the immunisation fails or causes serious side effects.

A Ministry of Health plan to build additional satellite hospitals across the nation and upgrade existing ones lacks money and qualified personnel, the Minister of Health, Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, has said.

The Debt and Asset Trading Corporation (DATC) will increase its charter capital from current VND2.48 trillion (US$113.8 million) to VND6 trillion (US$273.2 million), as per the draft circular about the regulations governing the company's organisation and operation.

Despite some encouraging results, Vietnam's cocoa sector has not enjoyed stable development in the past decade, a review meeting heard in HCM City yesterday.