Police in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh caught two men in the act of transporting 45 bars of heroin (a bar is equivalent to 350 grammes) using motorbike on December 5.

Localities from northern Quang Ninh to southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces and the ministries of Defence, Transport, Agriculture and Rural Development, and Foreign Affairs have been asked to promptly take actions in anticipation of super typhoon Hagupit, which is likely to hit the East Sea in the next several days.

Twenty-five ethnic minority students from southern localities, who made outstanding academic performance in the 2013-2014 school year, were honoured at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 5. 

The US Embassy in Hanoi announced the winners of a logo design competition marking the 20 th anniversary of the Vietnam – US relations in Hanoi on December 5.

The World Bank (WB) is committed to helping Vietnam restructure its economy to achieve progress in the coming time, WB Country Director Victoria Kwakwa assured Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh in Hanoi on December 5.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations Hoang Binh Quan received a delegation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) -Vietnam Friendship Association in Hanoi on December 5.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer said he believes Vietnam will overcome any difficulties and challenges to develop further in the future.

How to apply the ASEAN Framework for Extractive Industries Governance in Vietnam’s condition was the focus of a workshop held by the Centre for People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature) in Hanoi on December 5.

The People’s Court of Nhon Trach district in the southern province of Dong Nai on December 5 sentenced nine men to one year in prison for causing social disturbance at the local industrial zone.

Trade cooperation has become a crucial pillar in the relations between Vietnam and Australia, a Vietnamese diplomat stated at a regular meeting of the Australia Vietnam Business Council (AVBC) in Sydney on December 4.