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.

Three people was killed in an explosion in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on December 12.

The Prime Minister has approved adjustments to the solar power project in the central province of Quang Binh, which is funded by official development assistance from the Republic of Korea.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in partnership with Save the Children announced the joint healthcare project of US$356,000 over three years in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong has asked agencies under the ministry to roll out urgent measures to minimise and end environmental pollution and degradation due to agricultural activities.

The Agency for Survey and Mapping under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has launched a project on building a network of satellite-based global positioning stations in Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked concerned ministries to develop a set of standards for the development of smart cities and implementation guidelines.

Vang Long Ca of Dien Bien province in northern Vietnam pointed at his pig and explained how he planned to sell it.

The People’s Police Academy inaugurated its e-library – a joint project with the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), during a ceremony in Hanoi on December 12. 

VOV.VN - HackerRank, the largest global online learning and competition community for programmers recently revealed the results of its study to find out which colleges have the best coders in the world.

VOV.VN - A low-pressure area has strengthened into a tropical depression south of Huyen Tran Island, the Truong Sa archipelago, triggering medium to heavy rains in the southern region, reports the National Hydro Meteorological Forecasting Centre.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2016 My Linh, Duc Tuan and Phan Anh were all seen on December 11 at the starting line for a charity run in Hanoi to benefit kids with cancer and congenital heart disease.

The Vietnam Students in Singapore Association organised a beauty contest on December 10 to select a representative for its charity work in the host nation.

A Philippine national has been saved and delivered to the border guard in the central province of Quang Ngai after his boat sunk at sea.

VOV.VN - ‘Western Street’ in Nha Trang City, central Khanh Hoa province is always busy and crowded during the night time, becoming a rendezvous for numerous foreign travelers, particularly Russians.

The northern mountainous province of Dien Bien aims to have 35 communes complete from 15-19 criteria of the programme on building new rural areas by 2020.

 A government report shows that Vietnam needed 250,000 domestic helpers in 2015, while Ho Chi Minh City alone needed 10,000 helpers. But only 30% of the demand could be met.

Implementing the Government’s instruction, the central province of Quang Binh had destroyed 606 tons of cadmium contaminated fish which businesses bought from fishermen from April to August 30, director of the provincial Department of Health Nguyen Duc Cuong has said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has had a meeting with representatives from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportation and Tourism in HCM City to discuss the decline in the volume of sediment in Vietnam’s rivers.

The HCM Public Passenger Transport and Management Centre has said 1,048 more trips will be operated on 17 city bus routes between December 31 and January 2 to cope with the New Year rush.

Malaysian Naval Region Command 1 (Mawilla 1) has seized a Vietnamese fishing boat with 12 fishermen onboard which was allegedly operating in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone, reported local media of Malaysia.

More than thousands of people participated in Hanoi Run for Children 2016 in the Thong Nhat Park on December 11 to raise funds for the treatment of disadvantaged children with cancer and congenital heart diseases.

 Over 600 people attended the “Race for Wildlife 2016” held in Hanoi on December 11 by the Hanoi Red River Runners and the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV).

The Czech activist, Marcel Winter, was re-elected as the President of the Czech-Vietnam Society (CVS) at the congress of the society, which convened in Prague on December 10.

The Business Association of Overseas Vietnamese expects about 130,000 overseas Vietnamese to fly home for the upcoming Lunar New Year, or Tet, the country's most important holiday.

A female Vietnamese worker in Angola was killed and another seriously injured after robbers set them on fire at the hostel they were staying in, according to the Vietnamese embassy in the African country.

When it comes to being happy and satisfied at work, fresh graduates in Vietnam are reported to have the lowest level of happiness in the region, according to a survey conducted by employment websites JobStreet and JobsDB.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has great potential for water-way tourism with about 1,000 km of rivers and canals connecting it with neighboring provinces, Thailand, and Cambodia. The city intends to market water-way services as a tourism product.

Sporting a dusty, weather-beaten look topped with a man bun, 28-year-old Vietnamese man Hoang Le Giang is competing against international applicants for a chance to conquer the North Pole.