As per a recent Government directive, Vietnam will stop exporting coal dust in 2015, in order to ensure the supply of coal for thermal power production for the 2018 to 2020 period.

The Vietnamese Olympic, or under-23 (U23), football team’s head coach Toshiya Miura set his sights on securing a seat in the finals of the second Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s U23 Football Championship 2015.

The northern midland province of Phu Tho launched a festival paying homage to Vietnam’s legendary mother Au Co at her temple in Ha Hoa district on February 25, the seventh day of the first lunar month.

Enterprises in southern Dong Nai province are preparing for intensive international integration as the ASEAN Community forms this year. 

The 13th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee commenced its 35th session in Hanoi on February 25, evaluating a number of laws, including laws on electing deputies to the NA and the People’s Councils.

Authorities in southern Tay Ninh province handed down the decision made by the Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee to deliver three facilities to the Cao Dai Tay Ninh Church in Hoa Thanh district on February 25. 

The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of a council steering the compilation of a Vietnam encyclopedia.

The Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Blood Donation Festival 2015 will be held at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi on March 8.

The National Committee for Traffic Safety and local ministries must take drastic measures to ensure traffic safety and order during spring festivals.

Vietnamese migrant workers will be allowed to register at Thailand’s labour centres for one-year work permit licenses with comprehensive benefit, the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand said in an announcement on February 24.