Maritime rescue forces from Vietnam’s southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau have saved one and found two bodies of the crew of cargo ship Bulk Jupiter.

The Prime Minister has given the green light for building Cho Ray Hospital No 2 in HCM City with funding from ODA (official development assistance) loans from Japan.

The Vietnamese community in Japan has rang in the New Year 2015 with a ceremony praying for peace attended by hundreds of people at Nisshinkutsu Pagoda in Tokyo.

The majority of enterprises and business associations said the business environment will be better in 2015, Vu Tien Loc, Director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) told at a year-end meeting of southern associations and businesses.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province is gearing up for the launch of home-stay service in Ly Son island district.

As many as 10,000 holiday-makers, including 6,000 foreigners, visited Hue imperial city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, on January 1, said Phan Thanh Hai, Director of the Hue Relic Conservation Centre. 

Nearly 1,000 visitors explored Phong Nha and Tien Son caves located in the Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, which was recognised by UNESCO as a Natural Heritage Site, in central Quang Binh province, on January 1, 2015. 

The World Heritage site of Hoi An in central Quang Nam province welcomed a group of 68 Polish tourists on January 1, the first foreign visitors to the city in 2015, promising good luck for the new year. 

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) will work together to increase the rate of women in the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels to 35 percent in the 2016-2021 tenure.

Agricultural restructuring will focus on the two breakthroughs of scientific-technological application and re-organisation of production, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.