(VOV) - The Indian Government has decided to grant 150 scholarships to Vietnamese students under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) as of 2012-2013.

(VOV) - Vietnamese mathematicians Professor Phan Quoc Khanh and Professor Hoang Xuan Phu have been elected to the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

(VOV) -The 13 members of Vietnam’s Chemistry Olympiad Committee is holding its first meeting in Hanoi, strategising ahead of the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO 2014) scheduled for July 20–29.

(VOV) - More than 14,000 Vietnamese labourers who were preparing to work in the Republic of Korea were negatively affected by its temporary stoppage of recruiting guest workers in 2012, according to the Employment Permit System (EPS).

A communication campaign has been launched in the northern province of Quang Ninh in a bid to raise public awareness about the need to protect bears during the first tourism months of 2014. 

(VOV) - Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi along with municipal officials visited officers and sailors of Brigade 189 and those on the Hanoi submarine at the Cam Ranh port on January 9.

The charitable “Fairy Moon” programme, the sixth of its kind, is expected to raise over US$569 million to help orphans and disadvantaged children experience a joyful Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

Do Ha Duy Thanh, 32, who is living in Ho Chi Minh City, was arrested on January 9 after being charged with “using information from computer networks to appropriate property.” 

Experts from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have introduced a US$5 million project to upgrade the vocational training college for youngsters from ethnic minority groups in the Central Highlands region. 

The transport sector must invest more in infrastructure in order to boost the quality of key national road, seaway, airway and railway projects.

(VOV) - Adecco Vietnam has warned the workforce’s newest members should expect difficulties when joining the labour market in 2014.

As many as 200 households living in floating villages in Ha Long Bay will be moved inland before the Lunar New Year (Tet) which falls at the end of this month, according to Pham Hong Ha, Vice Chairman of the Ha Long City People's Committee.

(VOV) - Vietnam has recently been rocked by the prosecution of a number of high profile corruption cases, which is testament to the Party and State’s strong commitment to counter corruption. 

(VOV) -A mini submarine model built by a private mechanical company in northern Thai Binh province was given a trial run on January 6.

(VOV) - Eight young Vietnamese scientists will attend the second Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) themed “Advancing Science, Creating Technologies for a Better World”, taking place in Singapore from January 19-21.

Expectant mothers and families carrying foetuses with suspected or diagnosed congenital heart disease should receive proper counseling because they are often depressed, scared and anxious, said a Malaysia expert.

The annual Xuan Que Huong (Homeland Spring) performing arts programme for overseas Vietnamese will be organised on January 23 this year, according to the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Foreign Ministry.

Numerous local authorities nationwide are making every effort to help social beneficiaries and poor households better celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the Defence Ministry to speed up the first phase of the project to build border patrol roads and finalise the plan for the second phase.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 8 sentenced Duong Tu Trong, former Deputy Director of Haiphong city's Police Department, to 18 years’ imprisonment on a charge of organising for a wanted person to flee abroad. 

(VOV) - The Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on January 8 signed a Direct Aid Program (DAP) for 11 projects to be carried out in southern Vietnam.

(VOV) -Foot-and-mouth disease is spreading rapidly across Lang Son in the north and Phu Yen in the south, according to the Veterinary Department.

(VOV) - Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest economic hub, plans to build more steel flyovers in 2014 to ease traffic congestion in the city. 

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat has instructed local authorities to prevent forest fires and urged them to make it a top priority during this dry season.

The transport sector will kick off the construction of 35 major projects and complete 58 others in 2014, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Hanoi’s People’s Court on January 7 began the trial of former Deputy Director of the northern port city of Hai Phong's Police Department, Duong Tu Trong, for helping Duong Chi Dung, ex-chairman of State-owned shipping corporation Vinalines, flee Vietnam in May 2012.

The Economic Committee of the National Assembly on January 7 hosted a meeting to map out measures to prevent cross-border smuggling, thus helping reduce counterfeit goods and ensure food safety in the coming time.

A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on January 7 to mark the 35th anniversary of the victory in the southwest border defense war and the joint victory of Vietnam and Cambodia over the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime (January 7, 1979-2014).

(VOV) - Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) President Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) to improve operational efficiency and promote emulation campaigns.

(VOV) - The Toyota Vietnam Fund (TVF) and the Ministry of Education and Training’s Department of Primary Education have launched a primary school student drawing contest themed “Desired Car”.