The US$450-million system is much faster than the Asia America Gateway, which the country has relied on over the past years.

A dialogue on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) between young people, the Government and partners took place in Hanoi on November 22.

Vietnam has achieved targets on sustainable poverty reduction in disadvantaged areas thanks partly to a project funded by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Ireland Embassy, heard a conference in Hanoi on November 22.

The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN) has asked the Ministry of Transport for permission to test cashless toll collection on one-stop toll highways.

VOV.VN - Another steel fishing vessel was handed over to a fisherman in Duc Pho district’s Pho Quang commune of central Quang Ngai province on November 22.

Seven students of Hanoi’s Cau Giay High School will attend the High School Students’ Summit on the World Tsunami Awareness Day in Japan. 

Representatives from Border Liaison Offices (BLO) of Vietnam and Cambodia gathered at a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on November 22 to discuss measures promoting cooperation in combating cross-border drug crimes in the coming time.

VOV.VN - A high-level Laotian contingent led by Director General of the Lao National Radio Phosy Keomanivong met on November 22 with leaders of the Voice of Vietnam at VOV headquarters in Hanoi. 

The deputy prime minister of Vietnam has directed that competent agencies probe a road accident in which a trailer truck rear-ended a car and killed four people while traveling in a northern province on the weekend.

If anyone has ever thought winning a jackpot is a rare occurrence, they should think again as a Vietnam-Malaysia joint venture has found three winners of its American-style computerized lottery this month.

VOV.VN - Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Ngoc Thien has signed a decision to allow the establishment of the first representative office of the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) in Vietnam. 

The southern province of Dong Nai is stepping up efforts to increase awareness of Zika virus among workers.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Vietnam Women’s Union agreed to implement a programme to enhance the role of families in preventing domestic violence.

IFProfs Vietnam, a professional social network for French-language teachers and professionals, has been launched by the French consulate in HCM City and the French Institute in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese-Australian woman convicted of attempting to smuggle 1.6 kilograms of heroin from Ho Chi Minh City to Sydney had her death sentence commuted to life at an appeal trial on November 21.

The Ministry of Information and Communications said on November 21 that it has decided to fine 50 press agencies for publishing false information on fish sauce with excessive amounts of arsenic.

The central city of Da Nang has submitted an adjustment to its master urban plan for 2030 - 2050 to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Representatives from 60 businesses in Mimasaka city of Japan’s Okayama prefecture and locals have attended a workshop in the locality to study investment and business opportunities in Vietnam.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on November 21 reported a second Zika virus infection case.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development hosted an international forum in Hanoi on November 21 to promote new rural development in Vietnam for 2016-2020. 

The US’s foreign policy under the Donald Trump administration and its corollary was the main topic of a seminar co-organised in Hanoi on November 21 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the Vietnam Initiative group. 

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has expressed hope that Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture will transfer technologies in environmental pollution treatment, tree planting, agricultural production and aquaculture to the capital city.

VOV.VN -The Hanoi International Women's Club will host their 25th annual charity bazaar on November 27 at the St Paul American School— hoping to raise a record setting US$100,000 for charity, says President Gill Lever.

The southern region must speed up delayed power projects to ensure sufficient energy supply and use cutting-edge technologies to reduce energy waste, experts have said.

Library staff at the HCM City University of Social Sciences and Humanities plan to develop audio and Braille books for students with visual impairments at the university.

Fifteen fishermen in the central province of Quang Ngai’s Binh Son district have been equipped with scuba lifesaving through a three-day training course funded by the Francophone Association for Mutual Aid and Promotion of The Life Sciences (AFEPS). 

VOV.VN - Here are some dramatic images of homes being engulfed by flames in Hanoi on November 21 after a fire broke out on the 3rd floor of a home at Lane 283 Tran Khat Chan at around 11:15 a.m.

Free check-ups and medication were offered to disadvantaged Vietnamese expatriates and Cambodian people in Cambodia’s Kandal province on November 21. 

Information equipment was presented to the Information Department under the General Staff of the Lao People’s Army at a ceremony held in Vientiane on November 19 as a gift from the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA). 

About 150 patients with cataracts in the south central province of Ninh Thuan have received free surgeries provided by the Asia Prevention of Blindness Association (APBA) and the province’s eye hospital.