Two Tibetan bears which were illegally kept in captivity in southern An Giang province were given to the Hon Me Rescue Centre of southern Kien Giang province on September 29. 

Many localities nationwide experienced environmental degradation during the 2011-2015 period, according to a report released by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) in Hanoi on September 29.

The fifth International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2017) will be held in Hanoi from March 29-31, 2017.

More than 91% of interviewees expressed satisfaction about ID paper issue service in Hanoi, the highest rate among six public administrative services subject to a recent survey of the municipal People’s Committee. 

A school milk programme was launched nationwide on September 28, aiming at providing school-children with free milk to improve their health and physique.

The Lilama 2 Vocational College in Long Thanh district, the southern province of Dong Nai has developed two occupational standards meeting the requirements of Germany. 

Ho Chi Minh City is speeding up the construction of metro route No.1, Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien, according to the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR). 

Vietnam’s achievements after 30 years of reform attracted the attentions of Italian delegates at a recent workshop in Turin, the capital city of Italy’s Piedmont region.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association of the Elderly has organized a host of activities to take care of and promote the role of senior citizens, in response to International Day of Older Persons and the Action Month for the Elderly in October.

VOV.VN - Japan Ambassador to Vietnam Fukada Hiroshi, who is nearing the end of his tenure, has been honoured by the Vietnam government with the insignia For Peace and Friendship Among Nations. 

Scientists and environmentalists have highly rated the microbiological method of the Republic of Korea to detoxify soil contaminated with Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin sprayed by the US during the war in Vietnam.

Authorities of Da Nang announced a strategy to promote urban resilience at a ceremony in the central city on September 28.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students showcased their technology and communication skills at the recent Asean Skills Competition (September 24-26) in Kuala Lumpur, netting third place.

VOV.VN - Honeywell on September 28 announced the award of 15 scholarships to local university students aimed at helping Vietnam tertiary education to re-energize interest in pursuing careers in engineering.

The Binh Duong provincial chapter of the Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Association convened the first Congress for the 2016-2021 tenure in the southern province on September 28. 

Chairman of the Japan Federation of Transport Workers’ Unions Toshihiko Sumino has expressed his wish to deepen exchanges with the Vietnam National Union of Communication and Transport Workers and the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL).

A defence attaché delegation from the Canadian Embassy in Vietnam, headed by Deputy Attaché Jean Jobin, visited Military Hospital 175 under Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defense in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28. 

Education and training play an important role in raising public awareness of human trafficking, heard a seminar on educating women and girls about human trafficking in Geneva on September 27.

Mobile users in Vietnam have expressed their outrage at losing money on unwanted services they have not signed up for.

Despite a law banning public smoking since 2013, smokers in Vietnam have shown been unwilling to obey the regulation.

Noise pollution, especially from music at shops and restaurants, has become an alarming problem in Vietnam’s major cities in recent years.

Singapore will intensify measures to fight money laundering and terrorism financing in response to the latest warnings of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Indonesia evacuated more than 1,000 domestic and foreign tourists on September 28 after a volcano eruption of Mount Barujari in the central province of West Nusa Tenggara.

A workshop on sustainable social development in Vietnam and Japan’s experience was held in Hanoi on September 28.

The central city of Danang has launched a contest to design a bridge and tunnel through the Han River.

The northern province of Dien Bien will have the first parish after the provincial People’s Committee issued a decision allowing the Bishop Office of Hung Hoa Diocese to set up the parish. 

The Foreign Ministry, in collaboration with other ministries, held a meeting in Hanoi on September 28 to provide the media with information about human rights in the country. 

Agricultural restructuring should be in line with the Mekong Delta region’s planning, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a conference on agricultural restructuring, land, irrigation and new rural areas. 

Many farmers who depended on catching fish and other aquatic creatures during the flood season in the Mekong Delta have switched to other jobs since the delta has not seen major flooding in recent years. 

World Vision International (WVI) has been awarded the Friendship Order of the President of Vietnam for its active contributions to local poverty reduction and child care.