The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned northern and central localities about a high risk of foot-and-mouth disease spreading during the cold weather.

The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has been enacting a series of measures to preserve and promote volumes of epics of the Ede people, which are currently in danger of disappearing from the community.

More than 100 employees of Vietnam Airlines (VNA) have sought leave from the national carrier, prior to a go-slow strike demanding better payment, but their demand has not been accepted.

The Research Centre for Applied Mathematics in Economics, Finance and Banking was launched in Hanoi on January 12 by the Vietnam Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics (VIASM) and the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV). 

A project to replace 500 old air conditioners with ones equipped with inverter technology at Ho Chi Minh City-based 115 People's Hospital began on last week as part of a green-hospital model in Vietnam.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has urged the entire Party and people from all walks of life to build on the past achievements, thus creating new momentum to realise development goals set by the Party Central Committee (11th tenure) . 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has signed Decree128/2014/ND-CP regulating the sale of wholly State-owned enterprises (SOEs).

The Party Central Committee wrapped up its 10th meeting in Hanoi on January 12.

Sappers in the northernmost province of Ha Giang on January 12 deactivated a bomb weighing 45.2kg in Nguyen Trai ward, Ha Giang city.

Ho Chi Minh City welcomes further support and cooperation from Italy in the fields of industry, science-technology, and education-training, said Le Thanh Liem, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the southern economic hub.