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”.

A swindling trial in which the defendant is accused of appropriating VND3.9 trillion (US$ 188.7 million) from individuals and banks began in Ho Chi Minh City on January 6.

(VOV) -A German couple - Alexander Babriel and Jana Halloun, who are on a bicycle tour around the world and have ridden bicycles through 13 countries during the past year, recently arrived in Hanoi.

(VOV) - Fishermen from the central province of Quang Ngai have rescued four foreign nationals in distress near Vietnam’s Truong Sa archipelago, the provincial Border Guard Command announced on January 7.

(VOV) - The US Embassy in Vietnam has announced the Fulbright Vietnamese Student Scholarship Program.  

(VOV) - Malaysian police recently raided two premises in Seri Manjung town, rescuing 108 Vietnamese women from an allegedly human trafficking ring. 

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy for Politics and Public Administration held a closing ceremony for an advanced course on political theory for officials of the Lao People Revolutionary Party on January 6.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) has set its 2014 target of creating 1.6 million jobs, giving vocational training to 1.7 million people and reducing the ratio of poor households by 1.7%-2% compared to 2013.

(VOV) - A HCM City Supreme People’s Court on January 6 rejected a Malaysian national’s appeal and upheld the First Instance Court’s life imprisonment ruling against the drug trafficker.

(VOV) - A boy from Hai Duong province, Nguyen Van Hieu, was voted Mr Vietnam and a Japanese girl of Vietnamese origin, Pham Miyuki, was crowned at a beauty contest for Vietnamese youth in Japan on January 5.

(VOV) -The co winner of the American US$636 million Mega Millions jackpot is Steve Tran, a Vietnamese American living in northern California, who emerged to claim his prize on January 2.

(VOV) - The Vietnamese General Association on January 5 held a get-together in Belgium to welcome the New Year 2014 and the upcoming Lunar New Year festival (Tet).

(VOV) -Prime Minister Dung has approved a project establishing a nature reserve with a total area of more than 27,000 ha, on Bach Long Vi beach.

(VOV) - Vietnam telecommunications providers have fully restored international internet services to customers after a segment of the undersea Asia-America Gateway (AAG) fiber optic submarine communications system failed on December 20.

(VOV) - Thanh Do General Hospital, the first international-standard medical facility of its kind in the hi-tech Hoa Lam – Shangri La Healthcare Park opened on January 5 in Ho Chi Minh City.

(VOV) - Thirty-two doctors and nurses from the southern province of Dong Nai arrived in Champasak province, Laos, on January 5 to provide free medical check-ups and medicines to 5,000poor people.

(VOV) - HCM City is encouraging volunteers to donate approximately 40,000 units of blood for emergencies during the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

(VOV) - More than 200 projects received 2013 Vietnamese Young Science Talent awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 4.

(VOV) - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has reported more than 1.5 million local jobs were generated in 2013.

(VOV) - An alleged drug addict attacked his sister in Hanoi’s Saint Paul Hospital during the early hours of January 2, almost amputating her right leg.

(VOV) -The Institute of International Education (IIE) has announced 27 Vietnamese students will receive the US$500 SMBC Global Foundation Scholarship in 2014.

(VOV) -The General Department of Population and Family Planning (GDPFP) forecasts Vietnam’s population will number 91.3 million in 2015, below the targeted maximum 93 million.

(VOV) - The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) will intensify its “Day for the Poor” campaign and monitor the implementation of poverty reduction projects to improve their efficiency.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc has directed ministries, sectors and localities to deploy drastic measures to combat crime.

The Tay Ninh provincial People’s Court and the Court of First Instance of Cambodia’s Kompong Cham province will step up cooperation in the fight against cross-border crime in the coming time. 

(VOV) - A Swiss-funded project to improve public service provision in agriculture and rural development is underway in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh.

(VOV) -A January 3 ceremony in the northern Lao northern province of Udomsay inaugurated a TV and radio broadcasting station built with official Vietnamese development assistance funding.

(VOV) - Da Nang Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital is promoting proper hand hygiene practices in its neonatal care unit.