Though many people don't understand what the Arabic words mean, they can still find the Arabic calligraphy in a new Hanoi University of Languages and International Studies (ULIS) exhibition beautiful.

Vietnamese students earned four gold, three silver and two bronze medals on December 17 at the ongoing 17th ASEAN University Games (AUG 17) in Palembang, Indonesia.

The Con Dao National Park in southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province is the first place in Vietnam to successfully implement a sea turtle conservation and rescue programme through numerous efforts taken since 1987, greatly contributing to the action strategies on biodiversity of the country and the region.

Representatives of Japan’s Miyazaki prefecture affirmed to support the northern province of Nam Dinh’s high-tech agriculture development at their working session with the local leaders on December 17.

Some of the most beautiful and delicate melodies written by the most prominent classical and romantic composers like Chopin, Schumann, Donizetti, Wieniavsky, and Erno Dohnanyi will be performed at a concert at the Ho Chi Minh City Opera House on December 19. 

The southern province of Binh Duong on December 17 granted investment licenses to 30 projects, with 29 of them directly invested by foreign investors.

Rescuers are working hard to drain water from the collapsed tunnel section where 12 workers were trapped at the construction site of Da Dang-Da Chomo hydropower plant in Central Highlands Lam Dong province.

Some 300 porcelains made by the Luy Lau Pottery Cooperative will be put on display in France on January 13-15 next year, said Director Nguyen Dang Vong.

Vietnam plans to cease the import of 38 kinds of fruits from Australia from 2015, the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced on December 17.

Vietnam wishes to further promote cooperation with Pakistan in all fields, Vietnamese Ambassador to Pakistan Nguyen Xuan Luu told Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain while presenting his credentials to the host last week.