The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)’ Institute of Literature and the Italian Embassy in Hanoi co-organised a seminar on Italian poet Dante Alighieri on the occasion of his 700th death anniversary.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City and the Lao capital of Vientiane on October 15 held talks and witnessed the signing if a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation between the two authorities for 2021 – 2025.

VOV.VN - The Advisory Council for the Registration of Circulation of Drugs and Medicinal Ingredients on August 29 did not approve Nano Covax, the first locally produced COVID-19 vaccine, and requested additional data to ensure the vaccine is completely safe and effective.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) will license Nano Covax, the locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, for domestic use in the event that the vaccine gathers full scientific data, according to a MoH official.

Vietnam and Italy have carried out more than 40 joint scientific research projects since 1992 when the two sides signed the first protocol on scientific and technological cooperation, according to Italian Ambassador to Vietnam Antonio Alessandro.

VOV.VN - A gaur weighing approximately 700 kilograms has been found dead at a Nature & Culture Reserve in Vinh Cuu district of Dong Nai province, South Vietnam.

Despite having prepared a dossier for the UNESCO recognition of the Ly Son-Sa Huynh Global Geo-Park last November, local authorities have shelved plans to apply for the park's recognition after years of efforts and some 160 field surveys and scientific seminars.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has said it is intensifying studies serving COVID-19 prevention and control, particularly those on vaccine production.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed off a strategy for the development and application of space science and technology by 2030.

Vietnam has witnessed an increase in the arrival of global high-tech brands like Pegatron, Universal Scientific Industrial, Foxconn.