VOV.VN - The Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam, and the Ministry of Education and Sports of Laos jointly held a ceremony in Laos on November 14 to start three school construction works using Vietnam’s non-refundable aid.

French educational services firm Crossknowledge recently partnered up with MVV Education to offer training solutions in Vietnam.

Three Vietnamese sailors, who were rescued from captivity by the Philippines army, landed at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on November 14.

A thousand people of different ages joined a dance at Ly Thai To Square beside Sword Lake in Hanoi on November 12 to celebrate the annual Worldwide Dance for Kindness.

Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Construction has completed the resettlement housing plan for urban development projects for the 2017-20 period.

More than 2,200 applicants were selected from 20,000 applications to answer the Global Samsung Aptitude Test (GSAT) for the northern region held in Hanoi on November 12.

The central province of Quang Ngai is cooperating with the Ho Chi Minh City-based SolarBK company to launch a solar power project for the centre for children with disabilities in Nghia Hanh district.

The Embassy of Vietnam to the Netherlands held a charity event on November 12 to raise funds for people recently affected by storms and floods in Vietnam.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on November 13 sent a message of sympathy to Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh over losses caused by recent floods.

The Vietnam Diary Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk) has offered VND3 billion (US$132,000) donated by its 6,000 managers and workers to support flood-hit local residents in Yen Bai, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa provinces to help them repair and rebuild their houses.

Despite a recent sharp fall in the number of dengue cases, the community should not neglect preventive measures against the epidemics, warned the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Transport has asked Hanoi to survey roads around the Hanoi railway station project to evaluate the population and traffic density, in order to avoid overloading the transport infrastructure nearby.

 Five Vietnamese students joined 13 others from India, the Philippines and African countries to begin an agricultural MSc course on November 10 at Arava International Centre for Agriculture Training (AICAT), in the south of Israel.

VOV.VN - Several Vietnamese female students have won public attention after meeting US President Donald Trump and Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma.

The Philippine army transferred three sailors it had rescued to the Vietnam Embassy in the country on November 12.

Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation Truong Thi Mai hosted a reception on November 12 for delegates attending the ongoing ninth Vietnam-China People’s Forum in Hanoi.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping and Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan attended an inaugural ceremony for the Vietnam-China Friendship Palace in Hanoi on November 12.

Finnish companies will continue to invest in the development of Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, particularly in the conversion of waste to power, according to Finpro, the national trade promotion office of Finland.

HQC USA LLC, a member of Vietnamese property developer Hoang Quan Group, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for a US$40 million mixed-use development project at Tacoma city, Washington.

The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) has launched its first publication of the EuroCham Greenbook in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is facing severe impacts of environmental pollution and climate change. Efforts to reduce greenhouse gases and slow climate change have received a strong response from the general public including women. 

Ho Chi Minh City always treasures and wants to boost cooperation with localities of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the fields of tourism, healthcare, investment and environment.

Twenty-year-old Nguyen Cam Tu from Vietnam was the only delegate to receive the leadership award at the APEC 2017 Voices of the Future (VOF) for her outstanding contributions to the freshly-ended event held in the central city of Da Nang. 

VOV.VN - At 1pm on November 11, the centre of the tropical storm No 13 (International name Haikui) was roughly 450 km  east northeast of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. 

Delegates to the APEC Voices of the Future (VOF) spoke highly of the results of the forum, which was held from November 6-10 on the sidelines of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week.

VOV.VN - Residents of the ancient town of Hoi An, in the central province of Quang Nam, have hastily restored the city to its former glory in the aftermath of typhoon Damrey. The city is now ready to welcome senior APEC leaders and their wives for visit on November 11. 

VOV.VN -A firework display lighted up the sky of Da Nang, welcoming leaders from the APEC member economies after a gala diner on the evening of November 10.

The Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association (LVFA) Central Committee has presented 100 million LAK (around 12,000 USD) to support Vietnamese people suffered losses caused by recent floods and storms.

Ho Chi Minh City wants to cooperate with and receive investment from French enterprises in water drainage and wastewater and waste treatment in the southern hub, said Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Van Khoa.

A ceremony was held on November 9 to mark the successful joint projects to remediate dioxin at the Da Nang Airport.