The Government will unveil a new Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group this month or in early November after a restructuring period, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Industrial enterprises in the Mekong Delta have begun to practice cleaner production techniques as part of a program sponsored by the Danish International Development Agency.
Government chief Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday in Hanoi hosted a reception to former Japan PM Yukio Hatoyama who is leading a Japanese parliamentarian delegation on a working visit to Vietnam.
The National Assembly was warned that Vietnam may face dangers similar to Hungary if the country continues carrying out a bauxite exploitation project in the Central Highlands.
Police have arrested a bus driver who ignored warnings and went into a flooded area where the vehicle was swept away last week, leaving 20 people dead or missing.
At least 14 people have been killed and 58 more injured in a fire at an oil well in central Myanmar, but the cause was unknown, an official in the military-ruled country said Monday.