Vietnam’s Military Engineering Unit Rotation 1 has successfully accomplished its peacekeeping tasks at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) and came back to a homecoming ceremony held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on August 15 morning.

Vietnam is the largest cotton importer of Australia with 38.8% of the market share, according to the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) which predicted that Vietnam will hold this position in following years.

Following sustainable development will help Vietnamese pepper further enter the EU where more and more consumers ask for certificates that prove the products’s sustainability, an insider has said.

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition titled "Sicily" by photographer Fulvio Bugani is set be held at Casa Italia Hanoi from August 18 to August 31 as part of activities aimed at celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Italy and Vietnam which started in 1973.

VOV.VN - The 23rd France-Vietnam conference on gynecology and obstetrics opened on August 14 in Hanoi, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of both nations' diplomatic ties after beginning on April 12, 1973.

VOV.VN - Vietnam spent US$4.3 million on importing more than 29.56 million tonnes of coal during the opening seven months of the year, representing an increase of over 10 million tonnes against the same period last year, according to figures given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Cambodia’s e-newspaper ThmeyThmey on August 14 ran an article calling Vietnam a new tourist hot spot in Southeast Asia.

The Dai Phong infrastructure construction company of Vietnam and JiaWei Corporation from Taiwan (China) signed a project development agreement at a ceremony in the northern province of Nam Dinh on August 14.

Members of the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers Association (VAMA) sold 24,687 vehicles in July, up 4% month-on-month, VAMA reported on August 14.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen on August 14 presented the insignia For the People’s Health to Caitlin Marie Unites, deputy director of the Office of Health under the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for her contributions to HIV/AIDS control in Vietnam.