Vietnam wishes to expand multi-faceted cooperation with Belarus, especially in economy and trade, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said during his on-going visit to Belarus.

Collective bargaining offered workers an opportunity to earn more than the minimum wage, a key issue in Vietnam, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in a country brief presented at a conference  in Hanoi on November 26.

A project to build a four-storey cultural centre 12 metres from Hoan Kiem Lake has resurfaced after four years of consideration and heated debate.

Vietnamese firm TNA Entertainments is producing a new movie adapted from the Swedish best-seller novels, Jag ar wanted (I'm Wanted) and Jag ar Daniel (I'm Daniel).

Nguyen Thi Tha took my hands, excitedly showing me a photo of her piggery, which houses 20 animals she cares for herself with information learned online.

The Japanese Grandsoul Nara group and the Hanoi Medical University (HMU) have signed a research collaboration agreement, said Vietnam News Agency’s correspondent in Japan.

All 63 provinces and cities across Vietnam completed the first phase of the national measles-rubella vaccination campaign with more than 9.5 million children safely receiving free shots, preliminary reports from the localities show.

The southern province of Dong Nai is set to mobilise US$5.7 million from foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to a total of 81 projects across economics, education, medical and social security between now and 2015. 

Italian enterprises are particularly interested in pouring money into projects at industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces, said Chairman of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (ICHAM) Michele D’Ercole at a business forum on November 26.

National Assembly deputies passed the draft revised Law on Investment and the revised Enterprise Law on November 26.