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8168 newsA poverty reduction programme for farmers was discussed at a meeting in Hanoi on October 20.
Smart-city solutions and deepened innovation and business cooperation between Vietnam and Finland are on the agenda when Finland's Minister for Economic Affairs, Jan Vapaavuori, visits Hanoi on October 20 and HCM City tomorrow.
Le Van Cong won Vietnam's first gold medal in the Asian Para-Games in Incheon, in the Republic of Korea on October 19.
Three German artists, violinist Hellen Weiss, cellist Gabriel Adriano Schwabe and conductor Alexander Merzyn will perform in a special concert held this Sunday at the HCM City Opera House by the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) in cooperation with the German Music Council and Conductors Forum.
The Health Ministry has issued a warning to residents of mountainous areas about the spread of the Tsutsugamushi disease, which has already infected 78 people in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.
Discarded phones and tablets are among waste products that will be retrieved and processed from January 1, 2015, under a decision taken by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Vietnam's national football team beat J-League 2's Kyoto Sanga 4-3 in their third friendly match in Japan on October 15.
Hard Rock Cafe HCM City will host two "Excitingly Scary" Halloween events on October 31 and November 1.
Businesses that evade paying social insurance premiums for workers should be punished more harshly, the deputy general-director of Vietnam Social Insurance, Do Van Sinh, said at a meeting on October 15.
Hollywood action star Gary Daniels (Expendables 2010) of the UK has been cast in the Vietnamese film Quyen, which is expected to be released next year.