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.

The Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association is advised to draw more youngsters to engage in its activities to sustain and develop the friendly relations between the two countries.

All six Vietnamese students have won prizes, including two gold medals, at the 13th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), held in Bali, Indonesia.

VOV.VN -Miss Communications Phung Bao Ngoc Van has joined with other youth volunteers in Hanoi to draw attention to a national cause— that blood donations save lives.

VOV.VN - On December 10, the Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City inaugurated the first robot-assisted surgery centre in Vietnam, allowing doctors to introduce and apply advanced technologies in minimal-access surgery to benefit patients.

VOV.VN - Few countries have as many of their citizens working abroad as Vietnam, or depend so greatly on labour exports for economic vitality, says the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Vietnam’s airlines have been selling tickets for the upcoming Lunar New Year, the busiest travel time of the year, for a couple of months when it turned out their extra-flight plans may not be approved.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Information and Communications on December 10 ceremoniously launched the 46th International Universal Postal Union (UPU) Letter-Writing Competition for 2017 in Hai Duong Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked Ministry of Health to check the veracity of a newspaper report stating that Vietnam ranks the top in the world in antibiotic-resistant infections.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations and the Vietnam-Poland Friendship Association’s HCM City chapter held a get-together in HCM City on December 9 to mark the 98th Independence Day of Poland (November 11, 1918-2016).

A ceremony was held at the Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on December 9 to hand over four sets of remains believed to be of US servicemen who went missing in action during the war.

In the last ten years, a meagre 10% of assets worth of VND60 trillion (approximately US$2.65 billion) involved in nearly 1,900 corruption cases have been recovered.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung on December 9 visited Tuy Phuoc district in the south central province of Binh Dinh, one of the hardest hit areas by recent floods where many villages are still being isolated.

Malaysian authorities have arrested nearly 48,000 undocumented foreign workers in 2016, according to a statement by the Malaysian parliament.

Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council has set the target of a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of 8.4% - 8.7% in 2017. 

VOV.VN - Huda Gold has won a gold medal at the 2016 World Beer Championships for its Czech-style Pale Lager for its superior taste, the company has announced.

General Secretary and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith has called on Vietnamese and Lao youngsters to join hands to nurture the special rapports between the two countries.

A bronze statue of President Ho Chi Minh was unveiled at the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing, China, on December 9 as a gift from Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has said it will inaugurate and put into operation a number of key projects in December to ensure power supply in the dry season of 2017.

President Tran Dai Quang lauded individuals and collectives who stood out in the fight against drug during a meeting held in Hanoi on December 9. 

Deputy Defense Minister and Head of Government’s Special Representatives in Solving Problems in the Southern Border Provinces, General Udomdej Sitabutr, has inspected three southern border provinces to prepare for project on model cities in 'Triangle of Stability, Prosperity, and Sustainability.' 

The Cabinet, during its meeting on 22 November 2016, approved the extension of long-stay visa for senior tourists. 

The World Bank will fund a project to develop an air-monitoring system worth US$500,000 in Hanoi, according to Madhu Raghunath, leader of the WB’s Program for Sustainable Development.

A farmer in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong said one of her cows had given birth to a calf with seven legs and with both male and female sex organs.

Maritime officials in Malaysia have seized 1,400 turtles from a local fishing vessel which was en route to sell them as food in Vietnam, but it was already too late for 200 of the endangered animals.

The northeastern province of Quang Ninh is determined to eradicate extreme poverty in all communes and hamlets by 2020.

The Student Assistance Centre of Ho Chi Minh City is set to carry out activities to support disadvantaged students during the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

A total of 108,530 Vietnamese people went abroad to work in the past 11 months of this year, exceeding the target set for the period by 8.5%, according to the Vietnam Labour Export Association.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment will  send experts from the French Viola Group to the central region to inspect the quality of Formosa’s waste and sewage treatment equipment from December 12.