The ASEAN Young Professionals Volunteer Corps organised a volunteer programme to support community in Hai Duong commune, Huong Tra town, central Thua Thien-Hue province from November 23-December 5.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) and the US Department of Labour (DoL) held their 11th labour dialogue in Hanoi on December 5. 

American investors put US$248 million into 38 projects in Vietnam over the past 11 months.

Many programmes to assist disadvantaged students and workers in large cities and provinces have been organised for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday which falls on February 19.

The captains of two fishing boats in the central province of Quang Ngai have been fined for taking their vehicles to fish in the waters of other countries without permission from authorised agencies.

More than 200 organisations and individuals donated over VND3.3 billion (US$157,100) to Hanoi’s support fund for people living with HIV on December 4 as a way to extend their assistance to the target group.

The Prime Minister has just approved a quota of 277,055 new public servants to be recruited in 2015. 

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has decided to shift the venue for the Vietnam-Malaysia clash to the Shah Alam City Stadium in Selangor, some 60km from Kuala Lumpur.

As many as 200 underprivileged school children in Ho Chi Minh City were presented with bicycles and scholarships worth US$24,200 from the 2014 “Real Life Journey” programme at a ceremony held in the city on December 4. 

Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction and Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held a workshop to seek to generate more capital for social housing construction in Hanoi on December 4.