Many foreign diplomats and officials have hailed former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai, who passed away on March 17 aged 85, as a dedicated leader and a great contributor to Vietnam’s ties with other countries.

VOV.VN - Residents in Tan Thong Hoi commune, Cu Chi district, HCM City have set out altars dedicated to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai.

Facebook has picked a Vietnamese woman to take charge of its business in Vietnam, the company confirmed to Tuoi Tre(Youth) newspaper on March 20.

Dortmund police have verified the cause, but not its manner, of last week’s death of a Vietnamese student whose family had to call for donations to afford a trip to the German city to see her body.

A man in southern Vietnam who manages a fan page on social media has received a financial penalty for publishing a worrisome canard.

Authorities in Da Nang have fined a clinic that employs Chinese doctors for fleecing patients many times.

The US will temporarily cease the issuance of a number of investment and religious worker visas for Vietnamese citizens from March 23.

The trade union of the KB Kookmin Bank of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has recently granted 20 houses to poor labourers in Thanh Thuy and Yen Lap districts of the northern province of Phu Tho.

A fund will be raised for the construction of a great solidarity house of Vietnam’s ethnic groups in the Truong Sa island district, south central Khanh Hoa province, according to the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)  Central Committee.

Terminal T1 of Phu Bai International Airport in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue will be upgraded to serve 5 million passengers per year, which is to prepare for the forecast surge of passengers that this port of entry will handle in the next several years.

Japanese experience was shared at a workshop in Hanoi on March 21 which discussed legal basis for the training and development of the beauty industry in Vietnam.

The United Nations (UN) in Vietnam on March 21 launched a study on the criminal justice system response to sexual violence in Thailand and Vietnam, shedding new light on discrimination against rape victims.

Vietnamese embassies in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Mexico on March 20 and 21 held solemn memorial services for former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai who passed away last weekend, aged 85.

 Hundreds of persons with disabilities in the southern province of Binh Phuoc have benefited from a 2015-2018 project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) which helps them fully integrate into society.

In order to boost afforestation with the participation of cooperatives, provinces and cities need to provide consultancy and assistance for cooperatives, cooperative groups and households to develop and manage forests effectively and sustainably in 2018, said the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA).

The Hanoi People's Court on March 19 opened a trial for Dinh La Thang and six accomplices who were charged with 'deliberately violating State regulations on economic management causing serious consequences' and 'abusing position and power to appropriate assets' regarding Petrol Vietnam's investment of VND800 bil into Ocean Bank.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) Government, through ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR), has provided 10,000 tons of rice worth around VND393.4 billion to 10 central and Central Highlands provinces which were seriously affected by storm Damrey late last year.

Australian media outlets have run several articles on former Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai after he passed away on March 17.

Testing chemical residues in vegetables, fruit and other foodstuff sold at wet markets, supermarkets and restaurants will be enhanced in Hanoi this year as part of the city’s efforts to stop unsafe food being consumed, said Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Health Tran Van Chung.

The Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control said the country has successfully bidden anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs with prices 15-17% lower than those of similar drugs in use, bringing more hopes to local HIV/AIDS patients.

Officials from the Ministry of Health (MoH) is conducting field trips to 29 health stations in 10 provinces and cities’ communes and wards to survey activities, facilities, personnel and finance in an aim to improve the quality of health care services for local residents.

VOV.VN - A Voice of Vietnam (VOV) delegation led by its President Nguyen The Ky paid tribute to former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai at the International Convention Centre in Hanoi on March 21.

Cooperation in education-training is an important factor helping improve the quality of the Vietnam-India relationship in the long-term, heard a networking seminar and Indian education fair held by the Indian Embassy in Vietnam on March 19. 

Four Italian nationals recently wrapped up their 24-day Vietnam trip, including a 1,000-kilometer-plus biking tour stretching from the former imperial city of Hue to Vung Tau Province to promote Vietnam’s tourism image to Italian people.

Ata Hussian, an officer from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) spoke highly of WMO’s support centre in Hanoi, saying it has played an important role in supporting supply of weather forecast services in the region.

The People’s Court of Ha Dong district in Hanoi on March 20 handed down a jail sentence of 13 months on Nguyen Mau Chien for smuggling 36kg of rhino horn, according to the Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV). 

The list of 16 finalists in the Fintech Challenge Vietnam (FCV) – the first-ever financial technology contest in the country has been officially announced, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Vietnam on March 20. 

Sustainable preservation of the Nguyen dynasty’s royal tombs in the complex of Hue imperial relic sites must be made in companion with the protection of natural landscapes in Huong River’s upstream area.

Customs officers at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on March 20 detained a Korean man after he was found illegally transporting a gold bullion to the Incheon airport in the Republic of Korea.

A large number of literature and art works featuring the solidarity between Vietnam and Laos were honoured at a ceremony in Vientiane on March 20.