Vietnam has become the leading source of international students enrolled in engineering and natural sciences programmes in the Republic of Korea (RoK), accounting for 25.1% of the total numbers of international students in these fields.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines signed a series of strategic memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with three major Singaporean corporations on March 13 during Party General Secretary To Lam’s official visit to Singapore.

The central city officially opened the newly-built Da Nang Software Park No 2, which will provide working space for 6,000 IT engineers and investors in semiconductor industries and micro chip design.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors (VACC) has proposed several specific mechanisms and policies for effective implementation of the US$67.3 billion North-South high-speed railway project that was recently passed by the National Assembly.

The ASEAN Professional Engineer Registration Council of Vietnam under the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) held a ceremony in Hanoi on December 18 to honour and award ASEAN Professional Engineer certificates to 77 Vietnamese engineers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Military Engineering Unit Rotation 3 in Abyei held a ceremony on October 19 marking 94 years of the Vietnam Women Union (October 20).

The Ministry of National Defence held a teleconference on October 16 to review the recent term of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received Chen Yun, chairman of the China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC), in Hanoi on October 14, expecting to receive Chinese assistance in developing Vietnam’s high-speed rail system.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese landmine experts are working on solutions to handle a heavy wartime bomb uncovered in the central province of Ha Tinh.

Vietjet and CFM International have reaffirmed the commitment for the supply of more than 400 LEAP-1B engines and technical engine services to power the airline’s narrow-body fleet, with estimated total value at US$8 billion.