The coastguard of the Philippines on February 20 reported that pirates in southern Philippine waters killed one crewman of a Vietnamese vessel and abducted seven on the evening of February 19, according to foreign media.

VOV.VN - Vietlott has announced that a single ticketholder from the district of Binh Chanh in Ho Chi Minh City has won US$2 million during Sunday’s draw (Feb. 19). 

The Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is reinforcing the Go Cong sea dike to protect thousands of hectares of coastal agricultural land, according to a local official.

All boats and floating houses should be removed from the West Lake in Hanoi by February 20, local authorities have confirmed.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union’s chapter in Russia developed well in 2016, Le Anh Duy, Secretary of the chapter said at a meeting in Moscow on February 19.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam government has announced sweeping changes to the guest worker program, in a bid to dramatically increase the number of skilled labourers working in foreign markets.

 Experts from Vietnam and 17 Asian-Pacific countries gathered in Hanoi on February 20 for a five-day conference to share experience in applying nuclear medicine in cancer diagnose and treatment.

The central city of Da Nang, which will host APEC Economic Leaders’ Week in November 2017, has worked to promote the event and the beauty of its landscapes and people.

Vietnam’s Nguyen Tat Thanh University and Yeungjin University of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have coordinated to open a training course designed to meet requirements of Samsung Vietnam Company.

More than 400 university students have learned about pangolins, the world’s most trafficked mammal, through activities held in Hanoi by the Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) and the students’ association of the Vietnam National University of Forestry.

The National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) collected more than 9,300 units of blood from donors on February 18 in Hanoi.

The Ministry of Transport has instructed the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to adjust the plan for Dien Bien Airport from 2017-2020, with a view to 2030, to submit for approval in June 2017.

Like many other countries in the region, Vietnam faces the question of how to care for its ageing citizens, most essentially when it comes to providing health care.

The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has proposed a death sentence for Giang Kim Dat, a former official at a subsidiary of Vietnam’s Ship Building Industry Corporation, or Vinashin, a state-owned shipbuilding giant.

A Vietnamese man in Japan just received an official thank-you note from local police for jumping into a canal in freezing temperatures to save a strange man on Christmas Eve.

Vietnam’s internet speed is likely to slow in the coming days following problems with the notorious cable that connects the country with the US, local media quoted sources as saying on February 19.

Vietnam has been ranked 86th out of 118 countries in the annual Global Talent Competitiveness Index, which measures how countries grow, attract and retain talent.

Police from the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien caught red-handed two men trafficking heroin from Laos to Vietnam on February 19.

About 7.2 million people are expected to take part in Olympic Run Day for Public Health 2017, which will begin at 7 am on March 26.

US digital media and multimedia giant Thoughtful Media Advertising Co Ltd opened an office in Vietnam on February 16.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities plan to relocate some of the city’s wholesale and retail markets to ease traffic congestion and ensure safety for residents.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s economic model in the post-renewal process has yielded high growth rates and helped the majority of the population escape poverty. But increasing social inequality has become an issue of concern for authorities.

VOV.VN - With no formal mechanical training, only diligence and creativity, Nguyen Hoang Nam of Tra Vinh province, has invented several pieces of technical equipment for farmers. His electronic and mechanical innovations are really practical and useful for agricultural production.

The Ho Chi Minh City administration is considering calling on its residents, particularly public servants, to walk to school or work to contribute to the joint efforts to curb traffic congestion.

China has reported 340 human cases of the H7N9 virus while another dangerous strain is taking its toll in Cambodia.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport is set to enact numerous traffic management measures, with the final goal of cutting the number of congestion spots citywide by half within this year.

The investigative police under the Ministry of Public Security announced on February 16 they had begun criminal proceedings against five people, including four former State officials, for embezzlement in the criminal case at PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC).

The Office of Vietnam’s Honorary Consul in the Italian city of Turin held a gathering on February 17 on the occasion of Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year.

A number of science and technology events will be held during the first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM-1) in Nha Trang city, in the south central province of Khanh Hoa, on February 18-21.

The 10th Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival was launched at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 18.