Some 130 former voluntary officers and experts in central Thanh Hoa province were granted orders and medals from the Lao Government for their services with its national liberation cause. 

 An ASEAN law forum on several conventions of The Hague Conference on Private International Law with relation to ASEAN took place in Hanoi on November 14. 

The Mekong Delta region seeks to improve agricultural production and seafood processing by increasing partnerships with countries that have expertise in advanced technologies, the director of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Can Tho chapter has said. 

The eighth International Conference on the East Sea, themed Cooperation for Regional Security and Development, kicked off in Nha Trang city, the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on November 14. 

VOV.VN - Celebrities Pham Huong, Le Hang, Diem Huong, Ung Hoang Phuc and Bao Thy take a break on November 13 to run in the – California Star Run – to help give kids in Vietnam a strong start at life.

VOV.VN - The southern coastal province of Ba Ria- Vung Tau has reported its first case of Zika – a man who tested positive for the mosquito-borne virus, currently in stable condition and expected to fully recover.

Despite difficulties in its implementation, Vietnam is utterly resolute in its plan to scale up the number of facilities that provide voluntary and diversified services of treatment to 200,000 drug addicts by 2020.

The measles-rubella vaccine (MR) produced by Vietnam, which was clinically tested and proven safe and effective, will be used in the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation free of charge in 2017.

The Sword Lake (Ho Guom) and Ly Thai To Park in the centre of Hanoi capital city were lit up blue on November 13 night in response to the World Diabetes Day, sharing global efforts to enhance public awareness about the disease. 

Vietnamese architect Hoang Thuc Hao has won a gold medal at the SIA-Getz Architecture Prize for Emergent Architecture in Asia 2016 for his design “happiness architecture”.

Some four million men in Vietnam will have no chance of getting married by 2050 if the current imbalance in the nation’s sex ratio persists, experts say. 

VOV.VN - An event titled “Dance for Kindness” was held by the Young Connection Club under the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee in the central city of Da Nang on November 13 in response to the World Kindness Week 2016. 

The General Association of Vietnamese in Laos (GAVL) inaugurated a library with nearly 1,000 books in Vientiane on November 12. 

Archdaily featured the three-story home in the central province of Ha Tinh for its unique design.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has taken the top spot among 23 participating nations at the 2016 International Mathematics and Science Olympiad for Primary School with seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals in terms of mathematics, according to the Hanoi Department of Education and Training. 

Danang’s top leader has admitted that the plan to develop a city free of drugs has failed and is urging officials to be honest about the situation following two murders involving drug users.

President Tran Dai Quang has said he is impressed with the farmers who have turned their on-field experience into valuable ideas and useful equipment to improve their farming activities. 

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency has arrested 27 Vietnamese fishermen for illegal fishing activities in the waters of its country. 

PropertyGuru, Asia’s leading online property group, and sponsor Kodler have announced that the third annual Vietnam Property Awards will be held in June, 2017.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has reported the results of an investigation into Taiwan-invested Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company’s efforts to tackle the environmental incident it caused in four central provinces.

Vietnam is among the 15 countries with the highest estimated number of clinical pneumonia, with 2.9 million cases reported every year, doctors said.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has extended his best wishes to Cao Dai dignitaries and followers on the occasion of their 91st founding anniversary.

Hanoi’s investigation agency began legal proceedings against Nguyen Dieu Linh, owner of the karaoke bar at No. 68 Tran Thai Tong street in Cau Giay district, whose 13 customers were killed by a fire on November 1.

A celebration of the great national unity bloc and the 86th founding anniversary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) was held in Phat Tich commune of Tien Du district, northern Bac Ninh province, on November 13. 

Expatriates showed their high determination to work with Ho Chi Minh City's authorities and people in turning the city into a major centre of economics, trade, science and technology in Southeast Asia during the Conference of Overseas Vietnamese 2016.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities are considering using LED adverts on buildings and installing free high-quality wi-fi along Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in district 1.

Joining hands to eliminate violence against women and girls lies at the heart of an action month for gender equality launched in Hanoi on November 13.

A grand requiem for traffic accident victims was held at Trinh Pagoda in the Yen Tu national relic site, northern Quang Ninh province, on November 13 with a view to easing the bereaved families’ pains of losing their relatives. 

A blood donation festival officially kicked off in Hanoi on November 13 in an effort to address a shortage of blood for medical uses at year's end. 

VOV.VN -  The government has submitted to the National Assembly a draft decree on granting electronic visas to foreigners. If approved, it will be carried out for 2 years starting January 1, 2017.