Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 11 suggested the Ministry of Health (MoH) assign capable medical facilities to build medicine centres in six socio-economic regions nationwide, which will serve others when needed.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre has been upgraded after receiving huge financial support from the world’s football governing body FIFA.

VOV.VN - A special concert was held in Sakai city of Japanese prefecture of Osaka on April 6 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan.

VOV.VN - Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko on April 7 visited the Vietnam-Russia Tropical Center, a scientific research organization in Hanoi established under an agreement between the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

VOV.VN - The Polish Chamber of Commerce Promotion Centre in co-ordination with the Association of Butchers and Producers of Processed Meat of Poland held a press conference in Hanoi on April 6 to debut the Tasteful Europe programme in Vietnam.

The Narcotics Investigation Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security held a meeting in Hanoi on April 6 to review the operation of the Safe Mekong Coordination Centre (SMCC), which has been set up in all countries in the Mekong sub-region as part of their joint efforts to fight drug trafficking.

Vietnam commits to joining actions in addressing consequences of bombs and mines left over from the war, according to Maj. Gen. Tran Trung Hoa, Director General of the Vietnam National Mine Action Centre (VNMAC).

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang expressed his desire for LG Group to continue expanding investment in Hai Phong and other localities, while proposing that the group move to invest in building a research and development (R&D) centre in Vietnam.

The Centre for Social Research and Development (CSRD) on March 29 held a workshop in the central city of Hue to summarise the results of its project on enhancing women’s role in increasing the resilience of the coastal community and eco-system in the central region of Vietnam.

A conference to review the first phase of the programme on the transition to Internet Protocol version 6 for state agencies (IPv6 for Gov) and discuss the implementation of the second phase of the plan was held at the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) in Hanoi on March 28.