Vietnam and China on November 27 began a joint campaign against the smuggling of drugs, firearms, counterfeit money, endangered animals and plants as well as unquarantined products.

VOV.VN - The International Robothon Competition 2017 taking place at Angeles University, the Philippines has drawn 139 Robotics teams from the three Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam. 

As State funding is insufficient, it is necessary to mobilise other resources, especially from the international community, businesses and non-governmental organisations, to help the Mekong Delta cope with climate change.

Staff of the fishery department in central Thua Thien-Hue province has released a green turtle (Chelonia mydas) back into the ocean.

There has been a sharp year-on-year increase in the number of people suffering from serious mental illnesses, according to a senior official of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

The first cold spell of winter in the northern region has brought with it an increase in sicknesses like measles, mumps, flu and chicken pox, local reports say.

The Health Department of the northern mountainous province Son La has held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a 550-bed general hospital.

VOV.VN - On November 28, the Netherlands’ heavy lift transport vessel, Rolldock Star, carrying the fourth Gepard-3.9 frigate for delivery to Vietnam docked at Novorossiysk port in the Black Sea.

The central city of Da Nang will install a solar power system to provide free charging for mobile phones, wifi and advertising at public bus stops in a pilot project next month.

Chairman of the International Cooperative Fisheries Organisation (ICFO) Kim Im-Kweon has agreed to provide US$10,000 to support fisheries cooperatives and fishermen in Khanh Hoa, Phu Yen and Ninh Thuan provinces, which were severely affected by the recent typhoon Damrey.

The 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Reproductive and Sexual Health and Rights (APCRSHR) kicked off in the northern province of Quang Ninh on November 28.

Vietnam wants to learn from Singapore’s experience in developing the intellectual property (IP) system in order to make IP an effective tool supporting technology development and boosting socio-economic development.

The owner of a private daycare center in Saigon was arrested on November 28 after a video of she and her employees abusing small children went viral online.

The UN has approved an additional sum of US$4.21 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to provide life-saving assistance to victims of Typhoon Damrey in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Rescue forces recovered the bodies of two crewmembers 6 nautical miles from sunken fishing vessel 30366 TS of central Binh Dinh province on the morning of November 28.

VOV.VN -A 1.5-tonne bomb with an intact fuse was successfully removed from the Red River in Hanoi at 1.p.m on November 28.

Vietnam is taking urgent action to ensure food security against the negative effects of climate change, which has resulted in heat waves, forest fires, floods and sea level rise in recent years.

The Bach Khoa Investment and Development of Solar Power Corporation (SolarBK Group) is the only Vietnamese business participating in the Future of Energy Summit, organised by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in Shanghai, China on November 28-29.

As many as 527 people voluntarily registered to donate their body and organs after death at a recent event held at Giac Ngo Pagoda in HCM City.

Twenty four Vietnamese, mostly tourists, remain stranded on the Indonesian island of Bali as volcanic ash from Mount Agung prompted the closure of Ngurah Rai International Airport, the island’s main airport. 

A number of high-quality buses will be used on a trial run on bus routes No 03 and 33 in December, said Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Transport.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the Polish Press Agency (PAP) have agreed to exchange information and enhance professional cooperation in the time to come, resuming their ties after a long time of interruption. 

The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund on November 28 held a ceremony to present scholarships to students of ethnic groups and children of naval soldiers and fishermen in the central province of Binh Dinh who were severely affected by storm Damrey.

Vietnamese agencies held a meeting on November 26 with Vietnamese guest workers in Gwangju city, about 300km west of Seoul, and neighbouring areas, to give them legal consultations and encourage them to return home on schedule.

Vietnamese import-export firm NewTech and Singapore’s Wah Lee Tech have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) on the construction of a medical waste treatment plant in Vietnam.

Vietnamese agencies, businesses and organisations are constantly innovating and experimenting with the latest technologies, making every effort to keep themselves up-to-date, and exploring different solutions including e-government, digital economy or online consumption.

The Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) Friendship Association on November 27 received aid for disaster-affected localities from two Panko Corporation factories.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese embassy, more than 40 other foreign representative offices in Turkey, and domestic organizations and businesses joined a charity fair in Ankara on November 26.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Indonesia has issued travel warning for Vietnamese tourists with intention to visit resort island of Bali as Indonesian authority has raised the alert for Mount Agung eruption to the highest level.

VOV.VN - Vietnam reported 6,800 new HIV carriers and 3,500 AIDS patients between January and September this year. The incidence of HIV infection in Vietnam has dropped two thirds over the past 10 years.