VOV.VN - Ambassador of New Zealand to Vietnam Wendy Matthews has checked the English training course provided by New Zealand for staff of Vietnam’s level-2 field hospital No.1 at Military Hospital 175 in Hanoi.

Vietnamese culture has long promoted a profound affection for parents, with children taught to respect and love them from the bottom of their hearts. To many, it is not a filial duty, but rather an unbreakable bond.

Ho Chi Minh City authorities are planning to establish separate areas for street food vendors along some 159 routes following the successful operation of its ‘food streets’ in the past months.

Vietnam’s traditional farm produce, pharmaceutical products, souvenirs and culinary art impressed foreign visitors at the 25th International Charity Bazaar recently held in Kiev, Ukraine.

VOV.VN - Four fishermen went missing after their fishing vessel coded BV 75386 Ts with six men on board sank in Vung Tau waters on December 4.

Vietnam claimed high prizes at the Seoul International Invention Fair 2017 (SIIF 2017) held in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 30 to December 3.

Tran Van Vinh, Vice Chairman of the Dong Nai province People’s Committee, has urged units involving in the Long Thanh international airport project to double efforts in order to ensure the feasibility study report to acquire land for the construction is completed in December 2017. 

A Vietnamese worker was wounded in a compressor explosion which occurred in a factory in Kaohsiung city of Taiwan (China) on December 2, according to the Vietnam Economic and Cultural Office in Taipei.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City desires to bolster cooperation in education and vocational training with the Canadian province of Ontario, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.

The Vietnamese Embassy in the Philippines has repatriated the body of a Vietnamese sailor who died of illness after being rescued from militant group Abu Sayyaf, according to the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry.

Central Thua Thien-Hue province will support offshore fishing activities in Phu Vang and Phu Loc districts starting this month in a project worth more than VND9.7 billion (US$426,800).

VOV.VN - Torrential rain in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Khanh Hoa Provinces has triggered severe flooding in recent days, leaving one person missing and thousands of homes submerged. 

VOV.VN - Heineken Vietnam has presented 1,200 gifts worth VND800 million to families in Khanh Hoa and Quang Nam provinces, who were seriously affected by storm Damrey.

VOV.VN - Ocean governance strategies took the centre stage at the first dialogue in Hanoi on December 4 on the East Sea internationally known as the South China Sea.

VOV.VN - A mother and two of her children were killed at a massive house fire in downtown Ho Chi Minh City on December 4 early morning.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s fine arts and handicrafts, coffee, particularly traditional food Pho (noodle) and Nem Ran (Spring Roll) fascinated numerous visitors at the international charity Bazaar opened at Ashok hotel in New Delhi, India on December 3.

There were no injuries or deaths reported in a fire at the shopping centre Mir on the Avenue of Victory, Orenburg city, Russia, also known as “the mall of Vietnamese”, last weekend.

Torrential rains are forecast for central provinces from Quang Binh southward to Phu Yen and the northern part of the Tay Nguyen Central Highlands on December 4 and 5, posing threat of widespread flooding. 

As Vietnam and its Southeast Asian neighbours integrate into the ASEAN bloc, which will require the free movement of health care workers and patients, there is an urgent need to update the country’s system of medical education, according to medical professors.

Mismanagement has led to an increase in dangerous incidents involving radio-active materials in Vietnam, said Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac.

The central province of Phu Yen has launched the first public solar power project in the provincial capital city of Tuy Hoa after six months of construction.

Urban planning in Ho Chi Minh City must be supervised and improved to avoid wasting land, experts said at a meeting late last week.

The annual KOVA Prize 2017 honoured contributions of two groups, eight outstanding individuals and seven students for their outstanding contributions to the fields of applied science and technology, and social welfare, at a ceremony on December 2.

The plan for the trial run of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway project, Hanoi’s first metro line, must be rebuilt as the date for the test run in October has passed, according to Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Ngoc Dong.

Since moving to Nam Khao village in Nam Khao commune, Muong Te district, Lai Chau province in 2013, Chang Thi Lam often goes to medical station for health checkups and to get free medicine.

More than VND1.1 billion (US$48,400) was raised to build flood-proof houses at a musical event in Hanoi on December 3.

In the first eleven months of 2017, Vietnam recorded 18,384 traffic accidents that killed 7,604 people.

A giant rainforest-themed bookstore welcomed its first visitors on December 2 inside a shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City.

Hundreds of college students in Ho Chi Minh City took part in a dance ensemble creating a massive logo on December 3 to welcome the 11th National Congress of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is willing to cooperate with Vietnam and particularly Ho Chi Minh City to increase education quality and lecturers’ capacity at all educational stages.