Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has allowed the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to trade gold bars in an effort to stabilise the local gold market and stock gold bullion for the State foreign exchange reserve.

Maryvonne Le Dizes, who wields the baton for the France-based Ensemble InterContemporain Symphony, will conduct a concert at the HCM City Opera House on March 9.

Orders for Vietnam Tra fish from European Union (EU) countries are gradually increasing after a long gloomy period, said the General Secretary of the Vietnam Association for Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Cashew businesses expect to export 220,000 tonnes this year, equivalent to 2011’s figure, according to the Vietnam Cashew Association (Vinacas).

Two Vietnamese circus artists from the HCM City Circus Federation won a silver medal at the four-day Figueres International Circus Festival that concluded in Spain on February 26.

Vietnam will be in Group A of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U16 Championship which is scheduled to take place in Myanmar in August 20, after the AFF draw on February 25.

Winger Huynh Quoc Anh triggered a double while Argentinean scorer Gaston Merlo and Tanzanian Danny David added a goal each to help SHB Danang trounce Saigon Xuan Thanh Cement 4-0 in the Super Cup held in Danang city on February 23.

(VOV) - Around 23 million children aged between 9 months and 14 years will be provided with the Rubella vaccine for free under the Expanded Programme for Immunisation (EPI), supported by the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI).

AS Roma will face the Vietnam national team in a friendly as part of their Asia Tour this June, FIFA official Mae Mua has said.

Exporters must both exploit new and traditional markets and introduce new products in order to meet the export growth target of 10 percent this year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.