The Creative Lab jointly developed by UP Co-working Space and Hanoi Creative City will debut on June 25 in the Hanoi Creative City Complex at No.1 Luong Yen Street, Hanoi, heard a press conference on June 21.

A ceremony to present awards to winners of a photo contest entitled “Vietnamese families of gender equality” took place in Hanoi on June 21, as part of activities in response to Vietnam Family Day (June 28). 

The Ho Chi Minh City administration has agreed on the World Bank (WB)’s request for terminating a project on water drainage and pollution reduction of Tham Luong – Ben Cat – Rach Nuoc Len canal.

Representatives from 24 trade unions at grass-roots level from Nam Dinh, Thanh Hoa and Nghe An provinces studied new approaches to communication with trade union members at a training workshop on June 21.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has suggested the Ministry of Information and Telecommunication and the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications of Laos continue enhancing cooperation in order to effectively implement agreements reached between the two sides. 

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong has imposed an administrative penalty of VND425 million (US$18,700) on Atlantic Commodities Vietnam Co., Ltd (Acom) for illegal sewage discharge.

 Mobile phone users must submit portrait photos when registering for accounts, an official from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) said.

The number of foreigners working in Vietnam has increased significantly over the last ten years, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) reported.

A seminar took place in Ho Chi Minh City on June 20 discussing the enforcement of Resolution No.19 and the reform of regulations on product quality management and food safety. 

China, Laos and Vietnam jointly established a drug control cooperation office in the border county of Jiangcheng in China's southwest Yunnan province on June 20.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s revolutionary press began when leader Nguyen Ai Quoc established the “Thanh nien” (Youth) newspaper in 1925.

VOV.VN - A resident of the southern province of An Giang was the lucky owner of the latest winning lotto ticket for the jackpot worth US$3.3 million. 

 The Thuan Hoa hydropower plant on Mien river was inaugurated in Vi Xuyen district, the northern province of Ha Giang on June 20. 

Audi Vietnam has launched Audi Mobile Service in the north, central and south to serve APEC 2017 in the country, Audi Vietnam General Director Laurent Genet said.

The Embassy of Israel in Vietnam on June 20 said it will offer 100 wheelchairs to children with disabilities in several provinces and cities in Vietnam, using the budget allocated for the 69th anniversary of the country’s Independence Day (May 14, 1948 – May 14, 2017).

The extension of an insurance subsidy scheme for offshore fishing households until the end of this year has failed to benefit anyone.

A math problem-solving application created by a Vietnamese engineer has been downloaded by thousands of smart-phone users recently.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on June 20 co-hosted a workshop to enhance the implementation of prosecution and procuracy over investigations and first-instance trial of criminal cases related to foreigners.

As many as 180 children with different deformities in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have been receiving free medical checks-up and surgeries under a charity programme from June 18-24.

The delivery of 5,000 tonnes of Vietnamese rice to Cuba as a gift took place at the headquarters of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment (MINCEX) on June 19.

Hanoi authorities have planned to move polluting facilities from the inner city, however, the process has been delayed, with many companies reluctant to give up their land to authorities and relocate, Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper reported.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Preventive Medicine says the number of reported cases of dengue fever has exploded to 36,000 so far this year with 10 deaths reported nationwide, reports the Vnexpress Online Newspaper.

People who are not residents of Ho Chi Minh City can now apply for civil service jobs.

VOV.VN - Police officials in the north-western province of Son La yesterday (June 19) said they seized 3.5 kilograms of heroin and arrested two male residents for transporting drugs with intent to distribute.

VOV.VN - Local police officials reported that a truck driver was killed when a passenger bus struck his and another vehicle yesterday (June 19) on National Highway 1 in the southern Vietnam coastal resort city of Nha Trang.

With some 175 million cubic metres of water stored in an elevated position, Nui Coc Lake’s major dam in the northern province of Thai Nguyen could devastate downstream areas if it broke, experts have said.

Vietnam aims to increase the nationwide forest coverage to 42%, equivalent to 14.4 million hectares, by 2020, according to the target programme on sustainable forest development during 2016-2020 recently approved by the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a national plan to cope with radiation and nuclear incidents, aiming to set up a system with clear responsibility allocation as well as management and coordination mechanisms among organisations and individuals involving in the work.

The central city of Da Nang has exerted efforts to ensure stable power supply for the socio-economic development of the city as well as activities of the APEC 2017 that the city will host in November this year.

The police of Song Ma district, the northern mountainous province of Son La, have detained two men for illegally transporting 10 cakes of heroin (about 3.5 kg).