Another 11 Zika cases have been detected in Ho Chi Minh City, increasing the total number of cases in the city to 57, the southern city’s preventive medicine centre said on November 20. 

Vietnam Airlines will add nearly 900 flights during the peak period of the Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays from January 15 to February 13, 2017 to meet the demand for travel during the holiday. 

Prudential has introduced a variety of rider plans as an extension of its investment-linked “PRU-Wealth Assured” product.

Environmental problems caused by poor sanitation cost Vietnam around US$780 million per year, the World Bank estimates.

Several parts of the country continued to experience heavy rains especially in the North and North East of Thailand.

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has dispatched safety units to standby for emergency assistance during the Loy Krathong Festival.

The Director-General of the Thai Department of Land Transport has ordered transport service providers to stringently perform check-ups on their vehicles to ensure the safety of travelers during the Loy Krathong Festival.

Thai Education Minister Gen Dapong Ratanasuwan and his retinue have traveled to the northeastern province of Udon Thani to visit the non-formal education center in Na Phu subdistrict

The Police Department for Smuggling Prevention (C74) under the Ministry of Public Security on November 20 uncovered four kilograms of rhino horn smuggled from central Nghe An province to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed his hope that the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) will achieve its target of ranking among top Asian universities and becoming a source of brainpower and start-up incubation. 

The Vietnam Embassy in the Czech Republic on November 19 awarded 55 Vietnamese students who have recorded outstanding achievements during the 2015-2016 academic year.

Officials, diplomats and experts from Vietnam and France gathered at a seminar in Paris on November 18 to discuss measures to enhance the bilateral strategic partnership signed in 2013.

The Vietnamese Government will create best conditions for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to implement its humanitarian activities and joint projects with the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS).

The staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnamese expatriates in Malaysia gathered on November 19 to discuss the regional situation, with the focus placed on the East Sea issue.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health plans to create the best conditions for the private sector to open more family medical clinics to provide comprehensive primary healthcare services to residents.

Riverbank erosion at several sites in central provinces of Quang Binh and Quang Tri following repeated floods in October and November is threatening public works and the lives of nearby residents.

Vietnamese students left an unforgettable impression during a business strategy competition held at Queen Mary University in London on November 18. 

Constitution Drafting Commission (CDC) Chairman Meechai Ruchupan voiced his support for a monthly income raise for politicians, saying it would prevent corruption.

VOV.VN - In recent years, Bac Ninh has increased safe and sanitary water supplies for rural people funded by the National Target Program for Rural Clean Water and Sanitation, World Bank loans, and social resources.

The labor shortage is an obstacle in Vietnam's ambition to move up the value chain and away from the traditional low-tech model.

The World Health Organization on November 20 declared that Zika no longer constitutes an international emergency, but it stressed a need for a long-term effort to address the virus, which has been linked to birth defects and neurological complications.

VOV.VN-Vietnam Teachers’ Day on November 20 is celebrated nationwide.

A meeting accompanied by a series of activities was held in Hanoi on November 19 in response to the World Toilet Day by the Ministry of Health, Vietnam Youth Federation and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). 

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) hosted a ceremony in Hanoi on November 19 to celebrate its 70th founding anniversary (November 23). 

VOV.VN - More than 3,000 applicants have registered to set for the Korean language exams on November 19-20, passage of which is a prerequisite for becoming a guest worker in the Republic of Korea (ROK).

VOV.VN -Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh on November 18 expressed her warmest thanks to her teachers at Hanoi Foreign Trade University (FTU) on the occasion of Teacher's Day (November 20).

VOV.VN -Archdaily, one of the world's most popular architecture websites, recently showcased a house in the Vietnamese coastal city Nha Trang on its website.

Police in Ho Chi Minh City arrested two robbers dressed as women who flirted with an Australian man and snatched his phone in the backpackers’ area on November 18.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has some of the best university-based teacher training programs in the world, said Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Hien of the Ministry of Education of Training at a recent forum in Hanoi.

The US Agency for International Development will fund a US$10 million project on preserving rare species through reducing demand for illegal wildlife products.