The authorities of Hoanh Mo commune of Binh Lieu district, the northeastern province of Quang Ninh, coordinated with their Chinese counterparts from Fangchenggang city’s Dong Zhong town to clean up the environment along the shared border river from May 9 to 11.

Vietnam has issued major guidelines, policies and orientations to develop innovation and startups, as the Party and State always consider science-technology and innovation as a “strategic breakthrough” and a “main driving force” to create improvements in productivity, quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy.

VOV.VN - Part of a decomposing whale weighing approximately three tonnes has been discovered washed up on a beach in Dien Chau district of Nghe An province, central Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha held a ritual at National Martyrs Cemetery A1 in Dien Bien Phu city on May 10 morning to commemorate officers, soldiers and young volunteers who laid down their lives during the Dien Bien Phu campaign over French colonialism 70 years ago.

Vietnamese workers hold numerous opportunities in the high-tech labour market, but stronger efforts are still needed to improve their skills to meet employers’ demand.

VOV.VN - Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son hosted a working session on May 10 in Hanoi with Ambassador Julien Guerrier, head of the EU Delegation to Vietnam, to discuss ways to ramp up educational cooperation between Vietnam and the EU.

Israel is ready to advise Vietnam on irrigation technologies suitable for soil conditions in the Southeast Asian nation, the country's Ambassador Yaron Mayer said at a workshop held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) in Hanoi on May 10.

VOV.VN - El Nino is gradually weakening and is anticipated to change to La Nina in the last months of the year, causing heavy rain in the central region, a scenario similar to the historic flooding that led to catastrophic consequences throughout central localities in 2020, warned meteorologists.

VOV.VN - The Police Investigation Agency of Dong Nai province on May 10 decided to prosecute and detain Feng Yong, a Chinese national, for his responsibility linked to a boiler explosion at his wood processing factory in Dong Nai, leaving six dead and five injured.

VOV.VN - People who have already received the AstraZeneca vaccine shots do not need a D-Dimer test or any other blood clotting test, recommended the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been named among the Top Countries By Forest Growth Since 2001 complied by Visual Capitalist, a data-driven visual content focused on global trends, investment, technology, and the economy.

Relevant agencies of Vietnam are coordinating closely with the Chinese side to search for the fishermen from central Quang Binh province who went missing after their vessels got into distress at sea, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Pham Thu Hang said on May 9.

Chairman of the Nagano prefectural council Nishizawa Masataka said on May 9 that the Japanese prefecture wants to receive more Vietnamese guest workers and apprentices in the coming time.

The Lao Ministry of National Defence recently held a dialogue on the Dien Bien Phu Victory on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, providing the Lao officials and soldiers with an insight into the solidarity of the Vietnam-Laos special combatant alliance.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has proposed a ban on e-cigarettes, while the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) wants to legalise them by allowing a pilot management programme to control the products.

VOV.VN - Police operating in the southern province of Tay Ninh and the Gendarmerie of Svay Rieng province of Cambodia have busted a major gang operating transnational fraudulent appropriation of property, arresting 20 local and Chinese citizens in the process.

VOV.VN - The eighth session of the Vietnam-Italy Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation was held on May 8 in Rome to review collaboration efforts made so far and to devise new tasks for both sides moving forward.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese student team have won a total of six prizes at the VEX Robotics World Championship 2024.

The ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, with the French Minister of Armed Forces in presence, has been widely covered in the French media as an action to recall the past but also look toward the future.

The National Humanitarian Month, which has been held every May since 2018 to respond to the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (May 8), has contributed to a strong change in the awareness of humanitarian work of Party committees, authorities, organisations, and individuals, thus creating a widespread solidarity movement in the community.

VOV.VN - The German Embassy hosted its first discussion of the “Hanoi Climate Talks” series on May 8, focusing on “Decarbonizing the Steel Industry: Challenges and Opportunities for Vietnam”, in an effort to address various climate change-related issues.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has for long not used the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 across the country, said a representative of the Drug Registration Division of the Drug Administration of Vietnam under the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - A total of 32 teams have begun their attempt to win the 2024 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) in the final round, that was held in Hanoi on May 7 evening.

VOV.VN - A ninth-grade student from Da Nang won first prize at the Universal Postal Union (UPU)’s 53rd International Letter Writing Competition in Vietnam after sharing how to bring happiness to children.

VOV.VN - A meteorologist has refuted rumours regarding a mass of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) originating from Indonesia heading towards Vietnam, stating that this is incorrect information.

VOV.VN - Police and border forces in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on May 7 handed over to Chinese police four Chinese nationals who had illegally entered Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Paris Court of Appeals has yet to rule on Vietnamese French dioxin victim’s lawsuit against American chemical firms that supplied herbicides to the US army during the war in Vietnam, following a three-and-a-half-hour hearing on May 7.

VOV.VN - Crowds of residents rejoiced at watching armed forces and militia members parade along the main streets of Dien Bien Phu city on May 7 in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory.

VOV.VN - The Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) has showcased its high-tech defence industry products at the 18th Defence Service Asia Exhibition and Conference (DSA18) and the 3rd National Security Asia (NATSEC) exhibition in Malaysia.

VOV.VN - The Navy Command Region 4 announced on May 7 that ship 412 of the Region 4 Command had just handed over a drifting Filipino fisherman who was rescued by a Vietnamese fishing ship in the waters of the Truong Sa island district in Khanh Hoa province.