Two men from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Chang Sung-taek and Ahn Joung-ho, are on a two-month car journey from the north to the south of Vietnam to get a panoramic view of the country’s culture, custom and cuisine.

Several domestic firms have seized the opportunity to invest in Vietnam’ retail industry, even though the economic crisis is far from over.

Promising young cyclist Huynh Thanh Tung will start training at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Switzerland from next week.

The Vietnamese Government needs to set up a national nuclear regulatory agency right away, to ensure the country’s nuclear project gets underway as well as keeping in line with international rules and guidance that the International Atomic Energy Agency demands (IAEA).

Vietnam and Russia have agreed to speed up the progress of building the first nuclear power plant in central Ninh Thuan Province as of 2014, earlier scheduled.

Every Vietnamese youth living overseas is an ambassador to the nation, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said while receiving an overseas Vietnamese delegation in Hanoi on July 17.

More than VND6.5 trillion (US$309 million) from the State budget will be earmarked for developing the cinema industry nationwide from now to 2020, according to the Department of Cinematography.

Taiwan received 15,106 Vietnamese guest labourers in the first six months of this year, accounting for nearly 47% of the total number of Vietnamese labourers going abroad for overseas jobs.

France's fine art of table decoration will be presented to the public at L'Espace, the French Cultural Centre, in Hanoi on July 4.

Nine bands from around the world will share a stage at the Folk Me Folk You festival at Hanoi Social Club on July 6.