Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh had a meeting with representatives from the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) and 120 businesses which support victims in Hanoi on January 9.

France’s Choisy le Roi city has offered an insignia to Vietnamese Ambassador to France Nguyen Ngoc Son in recognition of his contributions to developing the France-Vietnam ties as well as twin relations between the city and Hanoi’s Dong Da district in 2016.

The UI Greenmetric World University Rankings of Indonesia has ranked the Ho Chi Minh City-based Ton Duc Thang University 156 out of 516 sustainable educational facilities worldwide.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment and the World Bank (WB) on January 9 organised a consultation on the national cooperation strategy for the 2017-2021 period in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Vietnamese Students Association (VSA) has honored outstanding students with “January Star”, “Five-Virtue Student”, and “Five-Virtue Student Collective” awards in 2016. 

The southern province of Dong Nai on January 9 declared Zika outbreak at commune-level in Vinh Thanh commune, Nhon Trach district.

VOV.VN - This year’s annual – TET Fair 2017 – will officially opened its doors on January 18 at the Vietnam Culture and Arts Exhibition Centre in Hanoi, with new events and newcomers joining the staples of the weeklong annual spring tradition.

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai is taking steps to diversify crops under its plan on agricultural restructuring, encouraging local farmers to adopt high-yield food crop varieties and high-value industrial plants new to the locality.

VOV.VN - A tropical depression is drifting west, north-westerly toward the East Sea, and forecasters say it could potentially become a typhoon and cross-over northern Vietnam later this week.

If female workers are entitled to these benefits, employers are less likely to consider hiring them, according to the labor ministry.

The Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy in the Mekong Delta inaugurated new facilities on January 7 after five years of construction.

The Southwest region recorded a gross regional domestic product (GRDP) growth of 6.9%, higher than the nation’s average of 6.21%, in 2016.

The organising panel of the “Operation Healthy Heart” programme recently held free heart checkups for children across Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Miss Vietnam 2010 Ngoc Han and first runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2014 Huyen My participated in the 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” at Vietnam National University in Hanoi on January 8.

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Meanwhile, another cable fired up early this year to boost Vietnam's internet speed has been experiencing issues too.

Officials in the Central Highlands city of Da Lat and Ho Chi Minh City are planning to operate two separate flower exchange centers in 2018 to spur the development of horticulture, with an ambitious goal for flower auctions also set for the two places.

Many car registration offices in Ho Chi Minh City are being overwhelmed by a large number of applicants who have decided to empty their pockets on new automobiles before the Lunar New Year.

Ho Chi Minh City will need about 7,000 workers to remove rubbish during the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

 Mock Young Parliament, hosted by the Vietnam Youth Parliament (VNYP), opened at the Hanoi Law University on January 8.

The northern mountainous province of Ha Giang held a ground-breaking ceremony to start the construction of the Yen Bien bridge in Ha Giang city on January 8.

People in the flood-hit central province of Quang Ngai continue to receive support from organisations and agencies.

Vietnam has overtaken Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Thailand and Taiwan on the list of most desirable locations for expat career opportunities, according to new data released from the latest Expat Explorer survey from the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in 2017.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students met on January 7 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to welcome the Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

Public space in Vietnam’s urban areas has failed to meet demand or create typical characteristics to identify each city, Deputy Minister of Construction Phan My Linh said. 

VOV.VN - Defence Minister Ngo Xuan Lich made a fact finding tour of environmental remediation of dioxin contamination project site at Danang airport on January 8.

VOV.VN - The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is being worshiped in Soc Trang province where visitors can admire the statue until January 13.

VOV.VN -  The 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” was held in Hanoi on January 8 by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Committee for Traffic Safety, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

A three-year-old boy from Ho Chi Minh City has been safely returned to his family after he was abducted and brought into China by a Taiwanese man, who was a friend of his mother’s.

Tourism businesses say the visa waiver program for select countries from Europe has proved effective and should be extended.