The national wushu team will head to China on April 26 for training in preparation for the coming Southeast Asian Games.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has invited Nguyen Thanh Son to be an assistant to national team manager Toshyia Miura.

The transport ministry has asked the government to allow electric cars to run in Vietnam, apart from the four cities and provinces currently testing the vehicles for tourist purposes.

We arrived at Ben En National Park, one of the most relaxing parks in north Vietnam, early this month to join a reforestation programme with people in Thanh Hoa's Nhu Thanh District.

The country's total export and import turnover reached US$88.4 billion by April 15, a year-on-year increase of 13.9 %, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Nearly 100 Vietnamese and foreigners will participate in a journalism and press workshop focused on the work of journalists during the Anti-American war in Vietnam on April 24 at the National Information Centre.

An estimated 6-7 million people are expected to turn out for this year's Hung Kings' Festival, which will run from April 23-28 at Hung Vuong Square in Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province.

While Muslims are a minority in Vietnam, the halal food industry here has great potential, Abdullah Abdulrohman, director of the Halal Vietnam Export and Import Co Ltd, said.

The Ministry of Health will take measures to improve healthcare worker's attitude towards patients.

Vaccines produced in Vietnam were eligible for export, according to Lahouari Belghabi, a representative from the World Health Organisation.