Some experiences on and solutions to improving the quality of dissemination about the Party and State’s policies ethnic areas in the Central Highlands were shared at the a workshop in Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province on October 28.

A memorandum of understanding on social charity programmes was signed on October 27 by representatives from Doosan Heavy Industries Vietnam, marine veterans association of the Republic of Korea and Quang Ngai’s Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cinema Association has dusted off an old plan to transform the local movie industry into a leading one in Southeast Asia by 2020, but experts say it’s just a lot of the same old tripe.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has released an official message concerning this year’s presidental amnesty decisions.

About 6,520 Vietnamese people reside in three northern prefectures, namely Ibaraki, Tochigi and Gunma, in Japan’s Kanto region, an increase of 2.5% from 2010. 

VOV.VN -The Lotte Foundation on October 28 at an awards ceremony in Hanoi presented grants and scholarships valued at US$15,200 to 76 university students for the current academic year.

The World Bank (WB) has provided US$25.06 million to support the second phase of the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development project (LASED II), from 2016 to 2021. 

Myanmar has recorded its first Zika infection, reported Myanmar media on October 27. 

Japanese destinations were introduced to Vietnamese visitors at a tourism workshop and tourism fair held by the Bureau of Tourism, Culture & Exchange of Nagoya city, Japan’s Aichi prefecture in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27. 

As of October 27, VND40 billion (US$1.79 million) compensated by Taiwanese Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation was distributed to fishermen in Phu Loc, Phu Vang and Quang Dien districts, central Thua Thien-Hue province in the first phase. 

High levels of child marriage threaten Vietnam's society as a whole, said Nguyen Viet Tien, Deputy Minister of Health during a conference on October 25.

A large number of level crossings illegally opened by local people along the north-south railway has been identified as one of the main causes for the high number of railway accidents in Vietnam, according to railway management companies.

Vietnam customs officials have seized nearly one tonne of ivory hidden in a timber shipment from Kenya, an official said on October 27, the third major illegal haul of precious tusks in less than a month.

The NGO asks activists to demand tough measures from the Vietnamese government to end the trade of ivory and rhino horn.

Work has begun on the comprehensive restoration of Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tay Market, an 88 year old structure that has borne witness to the history of the city’s Chinese-Vietnamese community.

A new general hospital with 500 beds was inaugurated in hamlet 1, Phuc Loc commune, the north-west province of Yen Bai on October 27.

John Savage, An Wang Professor of Computer Science from the US Brown University, has affirmed that he will make effort to support Vietnam to develop science and technology.

Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr, Commander of the US Pacific Command, has thanked the HCM City administration’s assistance in the search for the remains of US servicemen missing in action during the US war in Vietnam. 

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh took over the Chair of the Council of the National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVC) from former Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at a ceremony in Hanoi on October 27. 

VOV.VN -President Tran Dai Quang praised the tremendous achievements HCM City University of Economics recorded over the past four decades at an October 27 ceremony marking its 40th anniversary.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese singer Dam Vinh Hung and colleagues on October 26 visit and present gifts to flood victims in the central province of Ha Tinh.

VOV.VN - From Dan Le to Do My Linh, Pham Huong to Phuong Trinh, these charitable celebrities want to put their fame and fortune to good use, giving back to help the flood victims in the Central Region.

A monument dedicated to Vietnamese volunteer soldiers was inaugurated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on October 27 after a period of restoration.

Several coastal areas in Vietnam are likely to become the victims of climate change and be under water by the end of this century, according to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Scenarios for Vietnam released by Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

With the spring festival season nearly upon us, Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has ordered an end to all performances that include either violent or offensive rituals, such as killing animals.

Ten Vietnamese software companies have opened branches in Japan, Vietnam’s second largest outsourcing market since 2014. 

For over a decade the pace of tourism development in HCM City has been rather slow due to limited products in terms of places of interest and cultural and entertainment activities for tourists.

Da Nang authorities have signed separate Memorandums of Understandings (MoUs) with the Lao provinces of Attapeu and Sekong on promoting cooperation between Vietnam’s central city and Lao localities in various fields for 2018-2022. 

Google has recently added a new feature to its Maps applications that allows Vietnamese users to get traffic updates before choosing a route.

A notice has been posted by District 1 Police in Ho Chi Minh City on October 26 in the search for the owner of a restaurant which in August was accused of cheating an Australian diner out of AUD39,429 (nearly US$30,000).