Authorities, business groups and companies need to cooperate closely to keep out fake products during the upcoming festive season, a conference heard on December 23 in Ho Chi Minh City.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung asked the armed forces to intensify training so as to stand ready for responding to and combating in any possible circumstances while maintaining sound coordination with other forces in safeguarding the country’s political security and social order.

Korean-American master choreographer and professional dancer Zach Benson is staying in Vietnam till December 25 to give free dancing lessons on the streets.

Representatives of the Women’s Union chapters in central Danang city are attending a training course that will equip them with skills to mobilise the community’s support in curbing violence against females and girls.

As many as 66 victims of Agent Orange/dioxin were honoured for excelling themselves at a conference in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 23.

Reservoir maintenance, water resource management and natural calamity mitigation were discussed by Japanese and domestic experts at a workshop on irrigation system management on December 23 in Hanoi. 

A 10,000 sq.m archaeological site believed to be an ancient village dating back 3,500 years has been discovered on the bank of the Pho Day River, northern mountainous Tuyen Quang province.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has sent his congratulations to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the victory of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in the recent Lower House election. 

Lawmakers endorsed the draft ordinance on environment police during the 33 rd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee that concluded in Hanoi on December 23. 

Cambodian leaders pledged to support the development of traditional friendship and all sided cooperation with Vietnam at separate meetings with State President Truong Tan Sang in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on December 23.