Nguyen Ngoc Truc, a student at the TAFE MSW Sydney Institute, has won third prize in a Flower Arrangement Competition in Australia.

Experts on December 3 called on the Vietnamese Government to enhance economic and financial reform to create a more attractive business climate.

The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) on December 3 confirmed an incident involving one of its ships and Chinese vessels.

(VOV) - Higher fines and more effective management are needed to curb the production and trade of counterfeit goods in Vietnam.

The Filipino film Shackled was presented with the Best Feature Film award at the second Hanoi International Film Festival at a ceremony held in Hanoi on November 29. 

A training course run by Achim Ecke from the German National Olympic Committee in a bid to meet international coaching standards is taking place at the National Sports Traning Centre in Hanoi until December 13.

Vietnam lost 0-1 to underdog rivals the Philippines in the second Group A match on November 27, leaving their chance to enter the semi-finals undecided.

The central city of Danang has received a collection of 90 maps published between 1826 and 1980, 10 of which indicate the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes belong to Vietnam.

Vietnamese gymnasts won two gold medals and one silver at the 2012 Ostrava World Cup, also known as the Ostrava Grand prix, which wrapped up on November 24 in the Czech Republic.

More than 100 feature films and documentaries from 31 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region are being shown at the Hanoi International Film Festival which opened on November 25.