The difference in base salaries paid by multinational and Vietnamese companies is widening from 26% last year to 29% now, according to a survey by human resources providers Mercer and Talentnet.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has launched a project geared to commercialise new inventions and scientific research in Vietnam.

Vietnam has been reviewing the compatibility of national legislative provisions with the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime (UNTOC) in order to better implement the convention.

More than VND170 trillion (US$8 billion) will be invested in building and upgrading the Long Thanh, Chu Lai, Cam Ranh and Quang Ninh Airports.

A multi-dimensional approach to poverty was the key to sustaining poverty reduction, experts said at a forum in Hanoi on October 16.

Vietnamese firms have invested a total of US$14 billion in 60 countries and territories, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).

UNESCO presented an official plaque to the Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi on October 14, reconising its achievements in conserving the Lost Bomb Shelter.

The second “Connecting producers and distributors” conference for southern provinces scheduled to be held in Ho Chi Minh City early next month will bring together players in many consumer-goods industries.

Representatives from 80 travel agencies in the central provinces will participate in a Singaporean road show in Danang City on October 21.

Vietnam will host the Mekong Sub-Region Tourism Youth Ambassador 2013 programme for the first time in Ho Chi Minh City from October 17-21.