The Prime Minister recently approved a plan on bringing into play resources of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to serve national development in the new context.

Ho Chi Minh City-based Cho Ray Hospital, the leading medical facility in the south, said on December 6 that it has successfully produced two new radioactive drugs used to diagnose, monitor and treat prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors.

The International Press Workshop “Digital Newsrooms Management: Theory, Practice, Experience in the ASEAN Region” was held by the Vietnam Journalists’ Association in Hanoi on December 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wishes to increase cooperation with Switzerland in the fields of pharmaceuticals manufacturing and technology transfer, health Minister Dao Hong Lan told Swiss Ambsssador Thomas Gass at a reception in Hanoi on December 7.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has required airlines to build plans to increase flights and arrange night flights to meet the travel needs of people during the 2014 New Year and Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays based on existing aviation infrastructure and security and safety work.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on December 6 to provide Vietnamese teachers and students with information about Australia’s education as well as its experience in vocational training.

VOV.VN - So far nine flights have been conducted to bring home 1,020 Vietnamese nationals stuck in war zones in northern Myanmar, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA).

Measures to tackle water resource-related challenges in Vietnam were discussed at a workshop held in the northern province of Vinh Phuc on December 6.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Public Security has dispatched a working group to Myanmar in order to support the repatriation of Vietnamese citizens who have been stranded in the conflict zone in northern Myanmar.

VOV.VN - A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on archival co-operation for 2024 was signed on December 6 at a ceremony in Hanoi by Dang Thanh Tung, director of the State Archives and Records Department, and Thongchanh Keosenhom, director of the National Archives Department under the Laos Ministry of Home Affairs.

The south central provinces of Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan, home to the art of pottery making of Cham ethnic people, have been taking steps to preserve and bring into play the value of this UNESCO-recognised intangible cultural heritage at the same time with developing community-based tourism.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on December 4 presented the Medal “For Peace and Friendship Among Nations” to Ben Chapman, Warwick Morris and Paul Smith, the co-founders of the Vietnam-UK Network (VUKN), to honour their outstanding contributions to the relations between the two countries.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met with representatives from the Vietnamese community in Laos on December 5, in the framework of his working trip to Laos to attend the first Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Parliamentary Summit.

VOV.VN - Northern localities of Vietnam are expected to brace for a new cold spell that will bring rain to northern and even central localities.

78-year-old Pham Thi Ngoc Cam from Hanoi has become the latest Vietnamese record holder in aqua yoga.

VOV.VN - Repair efforts have finished on all five broken undersea cables linking Vietnam with the world, according to a representative of an Internet service provider (ISP) in Vietnam on December 5.

VOV.VN - The police in the northern mountain province of Lai Chau said on December 5 that they have successfully smashed a ring transporting and trading a huge amount of illegal firecrackers and ginsengs from China.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has raised warnings about the possible emergence of respiratory diseases in Vietnam as the number of acute respiratory infections from influenza A (H5/N1), and COVID-19 in regional countries such as China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Cambodia is increasing considerably.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Denmark will continue to work together to achieve global climate ambitions and accelerate the ongoing cooperation in various sectors towards a green transition and sustainable social and economic development.

The federation of Vietnamese people associations in Germany has been established at a congress held in Berlin.

Digital transformation, innovation and human resources management were centred for discussion at the 2023 Horasis Asia Meeting in the southern province of Binh Duong on December 4.

VOV.VN - As many as 338 Vietnamese nationals left stranded in Myanmar’s fighting areas were brought home safely on December 4, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association (SVFA) in coordination with the Vietnamese community in Switzerland held Solidarity Day 2023 in Zurich on December 3 to strengthen solidarity and mutual support between the two countries' peoples for peace and friendship among nations in the world.

VOV.VN - Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, held a working session on December 4 alongside a delegation of Saint Petersburg led by Grigoriev Evgeny Dmitrievich, chairman of the Committee for External Relations of the Russian city.

VOV.VN - Boehringer Ingelheim, a leading research-driven biopharmaceutical company in Vietnam has proudly commemorated the 15th anniversary of its Animal Health business.

The 11th Vietnam – India People's Friendship Festival opened in Chennai, the capital of India’s Tamil Nadu state, on December 2 evening, aiming to strengthen the friendship at all levels within the bilateral comprehensive strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - Two school teachers from Australia and Ireland are embarking on a trailblazing trek to support two charities aimed at ending human trafficking and transforming the lives of deprived children in Vietnam, according to the Australian Embassy in Hanoi.

France will continue supporting Vietnam to handle challenges during the process of digital transformation so as to build a modern public administration, a French official has affirmed.

The Thai Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City held a blood donation drive on December 2 to mark the birth anniversary of the country’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the National Day and Father’s Day, which falls on December 5.

VOV.VN - The 13th National Trade Union Congress elected a new executive committee and its leader at the closing ceremony in Hanoi on December 3.