To prepare for business expansion, many foreign direct-invested enterprises in the southern provinces launched recruitment campaigns immediately after the Lunar New Year holiday.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has stated that preservation of traditional music forms assumes greater importance as the country deepens its international integration.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai visited the Tan Rai Bauxite Complex in the Central Highlands Province of Lam Dong on February 11, where he applauded the quality of the plant's first products.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the 2012 results of the public administration reform index (PAR INDEX 2012), on which Danang ranked first with 87.14% while Hanoi received 82.79%.

Vietnam is forecast to continue being battered by extreme weather this year after a range of unusual weather phenomena appeared recently.

Vietnamese enterprises have invested US$4.4 billion in foreign countries and territories in 2013, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

(VOV) -  The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) has announced the completion of the draft of the amended Investment Law to further improve the quality and efficiency of the country's investment climate.

President Truong Tan Sang on February 7 asked central Thanh Hoa province to continue implementing agriculture reforms, saying this would help raise the living standards of residents.

Many unnecessary administrative procedures will be cut out when a new resolution on administrative procedures reform in investment projects is approved by the Government.

Unfavorable weather conditions and a high demand for poultry products during spring festivals are putting Vietnam at high risk of bird flu viruses, warns the animal health department.