Children of disadvantaged migrants in four Ho Chi Minh City districts with high migrant populations will receive educational and health assistance under a project run by the HCM City Children Welfare Association.

The Vietnam Farmers’ Union and the United Nations Population Fund co-organised a running event in Hanoi on November 23 in response to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls (November 25).

Russia’s Pravda newspaper remarked Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s visit to Russia as a historical milestone in bilateral relations in an article featuring the event.

An oil painting by 20th century painter Le Pho have been sold for HK$6.52 million (US$840,000) in Hong Kong recently, setting an auction record for a Vietnamese artist at Christie’s International.

More than 20 Vietnamese businesses selling farm and seafood products are participating in the Asia Pacific Food Expo (APFE) in Singapore.

Vietnamese team won six gold medals at the 4th Asian Aerobic Gymnastics Championships, which closed in the Republic of Korea on November 22. 

Ho Chi Minh City, the nation's commercial hub, will keep its economic growth target for 2015 high at 9.5-10% and initiate several business-friendly measures to achieve it, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Chairman Le Hoang Quan has said.

Vietnam took a flag to feature its host of the fifth ASIAN Beach Games (ABG 5) at the closing ceremony of the ABG 4 in Saphan Hin Park, Phuket, Thailand on November 23.

The Environmental Police has confiscated thousands of sea turtles from a trafficking ring in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Potential is seen in the development of the Vietnamese property market in the next 10 years, as it is now on the path of recovery.