VOV.VN - Vietnam’s sovereignty over the Truong Sa (Spartly) and Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelagos has been exercised since the Nguyen dynasty 200 years ago.

The HCM City People’s Committee has sought the Government’s approval to build a new road running parallel to its suburban National Highway No 50.

Central Da Nang city plans to build a 4.4ha Central Square project in the city’s downtown that will serve as a landmark tourism attraction, shopping and public entertainment site.

VOV.VN - A priority on improving skills of the workforce is important as Vietnam deals with the changing nature of work in the era of technology when many low-skilled workers will be at risk of automation.

VOV.VN - On December 14, Deputy Minister Vo Tuan Nhan of the Vietnam Ministry of Natural Resources and the Minister of the Ministry of the Environment of Japan, Michiyo Kakegawa, met in Hanoi for a high-level bilateral dialogue. 

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Justice organized a forum in Hanoi on December 14 to introduce key changes in the Civil Code 2015 and solutions for the implementation of the Code in a number of areas of interest for Vietnam’s national and international communities in Hanoi.

The 100 Resilient Cities programme was launched in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho, which joined the programme in May this year, at a conference on December 13. 

 American and Vietnamese scientists have discovered a new fern species growing inside grottos in central Quang Binh province.

The capital city has followed HCM City in stopping zero-interest loans to enterprises participating in the price stabilisation programme for the Tet (Lunar New Year) season.

Students from northern mountainous Tuyen Quang and Lao Cai provinces swept the first prizes in the Green Creativeness Contest held to unearth outstanding environmental protection ideas and models.

Dr. McKay McKinnon has removed facial tumors for dozens of Vietnamese.

Double-decker tour buses will hit the streets of Hanoi and Danang soon in a new initiative to boost tourism, the Saigon Times has reported.

The number of new cancer diagnoses in Vietnam is forecast to hit 200,000 in 2020, nearly doubling from 126,000 cases in 2010, with health experts warning that the rise will add to the burden already weighing upon the healthcare system.

A songwriting contest has been opened to all Vietnamese citizens to look for songs praising the time-honoured friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been ranked 119th and 122nd respectively out of 140 cities in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2016 global ranking of living conditions.

Politburo member Truong Thi Mai, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, attended a Christmas gathering held by the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) in Hanoi on December 13.

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Duong province on December 13 signed a cooperation agreement on in high-quality personnel training with Kyungsung University and Sunghyun Vina Joint Stock Company from the Republic of Korea.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Hanoi University of Business and Technology (HUBT) to make greater efforts in a bid to become an exemplary model in terms of non-public higher education.

The Hanoi People’s Committee on December 13 decided to continue maintaining walking streets surrounding Hoan Kiem Lake and its nearby areas in 2017, and increasing measures to make them trimmer.

VOV.VN -  Minister of Public Security To Lam and Troy Grant, Minister of Police and Justice of Australia’s New South Wales state have consented to expand cooperation between the two agencies in fighting crime.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has unveiled it will present a  photo exhibition on the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands on Dec. 31, 2016-Jan. 3, 2107 at the Exhibition House on 45 Trang Tien Street, Hanoi. 

VOV.VN - The tropical storm has left much of Nha Trang sodden and beleaguered as ankle to knee deep floodwaters advanced through the city submerging schools, hospitals and homes—leaving residents without electric power.

VOV.VN - More than 70 firefighters were called to control a large blaze at the Little Saigon Market in Footscray, in Melbourne's west, reports ABC News.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has directed the four central provinces devastated by Formosa’s discharge of toxic waste to test sea water at 19 beaches every two weeks.

The environment in the country is “good” for the modernisation of technical and professional training, a project director of the Vietnamese Skills for Employment Programme (VSEP) has said.

The Khanh Hoa provincial People committee has approved the construction of a major fisheries centre for the coastal south central region.

The Vietnam Directorate of Fisheries and the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers jointly launched a training course on protecting dolphins during fishing tuna in Phu Yen province on December 13.

The Power Generation Corporation 1 (GENCO 1) said in the past 11 months, the company produced nearly 20.6 billion kWh of electricity, equal to 91.5% of its yearly plan.

Dr Nguyen Viet Nhung, Director of the Central Pulmonology Hospital, is one of the 19 members of the first task force on global tuberculosis research founded by the World Health Organisation (WHO). 

Riding bikes to rural villages, enjoying street food in Hanoi, learning to cook in Hoi An or watching Water Puppet shows are unforgettable experiences of foreign visitors to Vietnam.