Two companies of the Ministry of Defense - Bao Tin and Hai Minh – launched an oil spill response vessel named NASOS II on March 13. This is the biggest ship of its kind in Vietnam at present.
Conservative White House hopeful Rick Santorum surged to two startling, come-from-behind wins in the Deep South, in a dramatic shakeup in the Republican presidential battle.
Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang has approved a plan for the industrial development of the Lang Son-Hanoi-Haiphong-Quang Ninh economic corridor in the north.
Vietnam will teach Chinese to elementary and middle school students in classes to be run four times a week, the Ministry of Education and Training has said in a recent proposal.
Around 750,000 people, including drug users, homosexuals and sex workers have received HIV prevention treatment under the US$44-million Community Reach Programme.
Three Vietnamese and five South Korean sailors working on a South Korean fishing ship were rescued before it sunk off southern Japan, according to the Japanese Coast Guard.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has said that Vietnam and Indonesia should take advantage of their potential and advantages to serve cooperation and development.
The Muong ethnic minority people in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh persist in preserving unique traditional values of both tangible and intangible heritage.
Though seafood exports have to undergo strict examination, a lot of export consignments still have been refused by the importers due to the high antibiotic residues.