The UK NGO, Oxfam, will help ethnic people and poor women in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai develop trademarks for local farm produce.　

A ceremony for repatriation of the remains of US servicemen who died during the war in Vietnam was held at Da Nang International Airport on June 22.　

The seven prizes for the first environmental journalism photography competition were presented at an awards ceremony in Hanoi on June 22. 

The Japanese government has pledged over US$180,000 in non-refundable aid to help build two primary schools in the northern port city of Hai Phong. 

A three-year project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has helped to raise the capacity of central and local agencies in Hanoi and the northern provinces of Hoa Binh, Ha Nam, Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh in managing water resources.

Vietnam considers training, science and technology to be top priorities in cooperative relations with Russia, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

One thousands of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) from all ASEAN member countries will attend a conference in Hanoi on September 22-24 to discuss their role in administering their business and organisations in the new era.

In addition to due attention from the State and functional agencies, people should implement effective measures to prevent and cope with storms, says Vu Van Tu, deputy head of the Department for Dyke Management and Flood and Storm Prevention and Control.

Crimes in Vietnamese territorial waters have increased in many forms and in close association with mainland gangs inside and outside Vietnam, according to a seminar held in Hanoi on June 22.

Saigon Tourist Service – the leading tour operator in Vietnam –received nearly 3,200 foreign tourists and crewmembers aboard five-star SuperStar Virgo which docked at HCM City’s Lotus port on June 21.

A Tam Ky Heathcare Centre in the central province of Quang Nam has put into operation a solar energy system to provide electricity for its facilities.

Doctors successfully conducted a liver transplant on a two-year-old girl with acute liver function failure at the Central Pediatrics Hospital in Hanoi on June 21.

Many ministries and media agencies on June 21 congratulated Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) on Vietnam’s Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

SVA, a private financial group in Vietnam, has sought partnerships with German companies in producing renewable energy, especially solar, wind, and geothermal power.

The Government has decided to allocate US$5.3 million for drought mitigation activities during the winter-spring crop. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has issued a directive to raise the awareness and outline the responsibilities of State agencies regarding operations by the Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA). 

Vu Dang Minh Anh, a 16-year-old piano talent, who won six international prizes in France, Italy, and Spain, has launched a charity programme called “Race of Hope” in Warsaw, Poland.

Nguyen Son Lam has been nicknamed “dioxide reporter” by his colleagues. Despite being at a disadvantage, he has done his best to develop his passion for football as a sports reporter.

The Vietnam Military Medical University said its doctors have successfully performed the first heart transplant in Vietnam.

The national round of the Microsoft Office World Champion 2010 contest began concurrently in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Thai Nguyen, Da nang, HCM City and Can Tho on June 20 with the participation of students from 35 universities.

The Vietnam National Institute of Ophthalmology (VNIO) officially launched a VNIO-Alcon training centre on June 20.

Around 1,000 youth volunteers will be selected to take part in the grand celebration of the 1,000th year of Thang Long-Hanoi, said Hanoi’s Youth Union at the ceremony introducing the 2010 Youth Summer Volunteer Campaign on June 19.

Vietnamese ambassador to Thailand Ngo Duc Thang received the executive board of Vietnamese Residents’ Association in Nongkhai in the northeastern province of Thailand, on June 19.

Over the first five months of this year, the country’s tourism industry has grown by more than 30 percent, said Nguyen Manh Cuong, Deputy Head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism at a press conference for the Vietnam Tourism Awards on June 18.

The Vietnamese biogas project is selected to compete in the final round of the Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy to be held June 28-July 3.

A tourism programme called Da Nang-Summer Destination 2010 opened at the Pham Van Dong beach in the central coastal city of Da Nang on June 19.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has called on the education sector to take action to ensure teachers and students are not hooked on drugs.

Vietnamese students in France held a gala night in Nantes city on June 18 to promote the image of Vietnam amongst international students and French people.

The Prime Minister has decided to allocate VND100.1 billion from the State budget reserve to 12 provinces and cities and two irrigation companies to overcome the consequences of the severe drought during the 2009-2010 winter-spring rice crop.

Vietnam has officially joined the South-South Global Assets and Technology Exchange (SS-GATE) System, said the Ministry of Sciences and Technologies (MST).