The National Agency for Science and Technology Information on May 17 opened a place providing free access to science and technology information at No.24, Ly Thuong Kiet street, in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem district.

Twenty young Vietnamese and Australian leaders in different fields exchanged ideas to spur socio-economic development in their respective countries at a forum in Sydney from May 15-18. 

VOV.VN - A broad array of activities have been held nationwide to mark the 127th birth anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh.

VOV.VN - A ceremony to present the Ta Quang Buu awards was held on May 18 in Hanoi as part of activities marking Vietnam Science and Technology Day.

Experts have urged hospitals to update their treatment guidelines in obstetrics and paediatrics to help reduce the number of maternal deaths and medical errors.

VOV.VN - A month-long campaign to raise awareness on basic occupational safety and health issues in all sectors of the economy was launched on May 1 by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

A reburial ceremony for 26 sets of remains of Vietnamese soldiers who died on battlefields in Laos took place in the central province of Quang Binh on May 17. 

Exercise Pacific Partnership 2017 (PP17) concluded in central Da Nang city on May 18 after 10 days of oil spill response training, medical experience sharing and community exchanges.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has urged PV Power, a member company of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), to accelerate the implementation of electricity projects.

Russian cosmonaut Viktor Gorbatko, who accompanied Vietnam's legendary first spaceman Pham Tuan, passed away in Moscow on May 17 at the age of 82, Russian news agency TASS reported.

Hanoi has reported 669 cases of dengue fever this year, a rise of 26 percent year-on-year, announced the city’s Preventive Medicine Department.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged the cipher sector to focus on developing cryptographic science-technology and technical expertise to serve Vietnam’s modernisation and industrialisation.

Officials from Hanoi Fatherland Front, led by its President Vu Hong Khanh, have studied experience in rallying the mass and raising fund in Switzerland.

Vietnam’s Tourism Ambassador and Hollywood film director Jordan Charles Vogt-Roberts returned to Vietnam to launch a scholarship fund for Vietnamese students on May 18. 

Hanoi plans to set up five inspection teams to monitor the progress of its sidewalk cleanup following reports that ward officials have allowed the streets to be reclaimed by vendors.

A reading and life-long learning following President Ho Chi Minh’s example will be held at the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi on the occasion of 127th birthday of the late leader on May 19.

The Border Guard Command of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on May 17 inaugurated two border markers along the shared borderline with Cambodia after two months of construction.

A reburial ceremony for 21 remains of voluntary Vietnamese soldiers and experts who sacrificed on the battlefields in Laos took place in the central province of Quang Tri on May 17. 

VOV.VN - President Tran Dai Quang on May 17 attended a ceremony in Hanoi to confer the Ho Chi Minh Awards of Science and Technology on 5 special sets of projects in military and defense. 

Authorities of the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan were asked to work harder to improve quality of life for the H’ Mong ethnic minority people in the locality, thus narrowing the development gap and reducing poverty. 

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Centre for Preventive Medicine announced today (May 17) that there have been 165 reported cases of dengue fever in districts throughout the capital city since the beginning of the year.

As of December 31, 2016, Vietnam had a total forest area of nearly 14.378 million hectares, including over 10.242 million hectares of natural forest and more than 4.135 million hectares of planted area, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

 Da Nang’s department of education and training on May 16 announced plans to establish a support centre to develop inclusive education.

VOV.VN - The remains of 21 Vietnamese soldiers killed in Laos during the revolutionary war were received Wednesday (May 17) at the National Cemetery in the province of Quang Tri with the usual full military honours. 

VOV.VN - A man lost his life Wednesday (May 17) when his motorbike collided with a tractor trailer in the city of Buon Ma Thuot in the province of Dak Lak, local police officials have reported.

The China Eximbank has disbursed US$18.25 million for the Cat Linh – Ha Dong Railway Project, said Vu Hong Phuong, Deputy Director General of the Railway Project Management Unit under the Ministry of Transport, on May 16.

Flood-sensor chips will be installed at an additional 32 flooding hotspots to warn HCM City residents of potential floods from heavy rains or tides, according to the HCM City Urban Drainage Company.

Some 126,614 policy beneficiaries in Hanoi will receive gifts worth more than VND104 billion, more than last year, on the 70th Day of War Invalids and Martyrs (July 27), said Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Quoc Khanh. 

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh aims to send at least 200 workers abroad per year between 2017 and 2020.

The Women’s Union of the central coastal city of Da Nang held a conference on May 16 on a project building climate change resistant houses for needy people in urban areas.