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.

Private equity group Masan (MSN) announced on July 2 that US investment fund TPG Growth had entered into definitive agreements to acquire a 49% stake in its Masan Agriculture arm.

The National Centre for co-ordinating Human Organ Transplants, which opened in Hanoi on June 29, is a long overdue service that facilitates organ transplantation in Vietnam.

Vietnamese teenage swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien stormed to a gold medal at the fourth Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on June 30.

French artist Sandrine Llouquet will host a solo exhibition featuring her latest paintings and installation works at Galerie Quynh, due to open on June 29.

(VOV) - Vietnamese pencak silat martial artists added their names to the list of winners at the ASEAN Schools Games (ASG) in Hanoi on June 26.