Health delegates from ASEAN region, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) will meet in Hanoi from September 15-19 to discuss pressing regional health matters at the 12th ASEAN Health Minister Meeting.

Vietnam, with its 90 million population and growing affluence, and more focused efforts to equitise State-owned enterprises and restructure banks, offers great opportunities for portfolio investors despite some hurdles, a seminar that opened in HCM City on September 11 heard.

PTT group is moving forward with its plan to invest US$22 billion in a petrochemical refinery complex in Vietnam.

Shrimp-processing firms will not be allowed to operate if they use less than 10% of their own raw materials, the Directorate of Fisheries has proposed.

(VOV) -Electric and Power Vietnam, the country's premier exhibition in those sectors, will open on September 17 at the SaiGon Exhibition and Convention Centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vu Thao, the creator of fashion label Kilometre 109, won the Young Creative Entrepreneur Fashion/Design Award (YCE)  in Hanoi on September 9.

Vietnam will experience fierce competition for high-quality human resources when the ASEAN opens labour market begins next year.

An exhibition on one of the most important periods in northern Vietnam's history, the Land Reform campaign, opened on September 8 in downtown Hanoi to commemorate Vietnam's National Day and the anniversary of Vietnam's August Revolution.

The national U23 team on September 8 left for Incheon, the Republic of Korea, to participate in the Asian Games (ASIAD).

Nineteen-year-old Japanese badminton player Nozomi Okuhara won the women's singles title at her first attempt following a convincing 21-15, 21-11 victory over compatriot Aya Ohorial at the Yonex-Sunrise Vietnam GP Open 2014 on September 7.