Vietnam will share her experience in tobacco harms prevention at the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) in India from November 7-13.

Vietnam has successfully produced a combined measles-rubella vaccine as part of a project with co-operation from the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA).

The Red Cross Society of China (RCSC) has donated US$100,000 to support flood-hit residents in Vietnam’s central provinces. 

The National External Information Service Awards 2016 was launched in Hanoi on November 8.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Manh Hung on November 8 received US$11,850 donated by Vietnamese expats in Laos to locals in flood-hit central provinces. 

Ministry officials discussed offering supplementary assistance to victims in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, who have been hit by Formosa-caused sea environmental incident at a meeting in Hanoi on November 8. 

Vietnamese young people and their Chinese peers exchanged knowledge about environmental protection at a forum in Ha Long city, Vietnam’s northern province of Quang Ninh, on November 8.

The Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Post and the Vietnam Stamp Association have jointly declared the Prime Minister’s decision recognising August 27 as Vietnam Stamp Day. 

VOV.VN - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has announced a major, US$125,000, one year initiative to support the Vietnam Red Cross Society respond to the drought and saline intrusion that is affecting thousands in the country.

The third High-Level Meeting on South - South Cooperation for Child Rights in Asia and the Pacific took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 7-8.

VOV.VN - On November 11, the ship carrying 328 youth from 10 ASEAN countries and Japan participating in the 43rd Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program will arrive in Ho Chi Minh City for a four-day visit.

U Minh Thuong National Park in the southern province of Kien Giang has made progress in turning itself into a friendly tourist destination. 

A string of events were held in Mar del Plata and Miramar cities in Buenos Aires, Argentina on November 5-6 to promote Vietnam.

More than 200 youth representatives of Vietnam and China participated in a tree planting ceremony in Lao Cai province to solidify the two neighbours’ friendship. 

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCMCYU) always treasures the friendship and cooperation with the Communist Youth League of China (CYLC), Secretary of the HCMCYU Central Committee Le Quoc Phong has said. 

The Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap will invest VND90 billion (US$4 million) to develop sustainable ecological tourism in Tram Chim National Park in 2016-2020

Clubs of the Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association in Ho Chi Minh have stepped up their operations in several areas like economics, culture and social affairs.

Searching for the old man known as Ba Chuc feels like a morbid affair. A friend gave his address only as the Binh Loi Bridge — the red beast that stretches across the Saigon River linking Binh Thanh and Thu Duc districts.

Lobster farmers in the south-central province of Phu Yen are suffering huge financial losses after their stock died in the recent floods.

The man who set his house in Ho Chi Minh City's backpacker precinct on fire on November 6 has finally admitted that he used methamphetamine before committing the act.

Military officers in Dak Lak Province in the Central Highlands collected 80 cartridges and a large amount of explosives at a construction site on November 7.

Enhancing transparency in the natural resources and environment sector was a message that Minister Tran Hong Ha has sent to people, enterprises and his employees in an online exchange on November 7. 

More than 200 Vietnamese and Chinese youths convened a forum on their involvement in socio-economic development in Lao Cai city, the northern province of same name, on November 7.

Authorities in the southern province of Binh Duong had a working session with officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on November 7 to review a joint project on developing local public transport.

Vietnam has made progress on its gender equality targets. The revised Constitution adopted in 2013 and the 2006 Gender Equality Law explicitly prohibit gender-based discrimination, and the policy and legal framework to promote gender equality and empower women and girls is now stronger.

The northern province of Quang Ninh is ramping up anti-Zika efforts given that it is a popular destination among tourists. 

Electricity has been resumed in disaster-stricken central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Quang Nam, said the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) on November 7. 

VOV.VN - Energy is used in every part of the country’s economy—powering homes, businesses, factories, and cars, said speakers at a seminar on November 7 in Soc Trang Province. 

Building a preventive mechanism with severe punishments is proposed a measure aimed at deterring corruption, head a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 7.

Chairman of northern Quang Ninh province Nguyen Duc Long has directed building and operating the local e-government up to public expectations, which has saved 40% of time and tens of billions of dong.