Hanoi (VNA) – Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Catherine Wong on October 29 awarded ASEAN Scholarships to seven Vietnamese students from northern provinces. At the awarding ceremony (Source: VNA) The seven students, together with another five recipients from southern provinces, will commence their study in Singapore from the 2020 school year. The students were chosen from nearly 300 applicants....

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Public Security has directed the Social Order-Related Crime Investigating Police Department to work with the central provinces of Ha Tinh and Nghe An to verify information of local residents who reportedly went missing while moving from France to the UK. The scene of the tragedy in which 39 people were found dead in...

Hanoi (VNA) – Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been working hard to support the British side to speed up the process of identifying the nationalities and names of the victims of a tragedy in which 39 people were found dead in a container truck in Essex county of the UK on October 23. The container in which 39 victims...

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Businesses and experts are still concerned over the impact on production of overtime hours that are not increased for seasonal jobs. Workers make shoes at the Taiwan-invested My Phong Shoes and Leather Company in TraVinh Province. (Photo: VNA) Do Thuy Huong, a representative of the Vietnam Electronic Industry Association, said electronics was an industry that had...

HCM City (VNA) - Vietnam won the bronze medal after crushing Myanmar 7-3 in the third-place match of the AFF HDBank Futsal Championship at Phu Tho Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City on October 27. Vietnamese midfielder Tran Thai Huy celebrates his goal in the AFF Futsal Championship's third-place play-off against Myanmar. (Photo courtesy of HDBank) The hosts...

Da Nang (VNA) - Nearly 1,000 young people took part in the “Connecting creative ideas – Start-up” festival in the central city of Da Nang on October 27. A student and his creative model displayed at the festival.(Photo: VNA) The festival was organised by the municipal Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Department of Science and...

Lao Cai (VNA) – Competent forces of the northern border province of Lao Cai on October 26 handed over seven Chinese involved in an online gambling ring to police of China’s Yunnan province. The Chinese nationals who were involved in the online gambling ring (Photo: VNA) The group rented a house at 611B Le Thanh street, Bac Cuong ward,...

(LSO) - On October 25 afternoon, Lang Son newspaper held a ceremony to launch its English and Chinese versions. Attending the event were permanent Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Hoang Van Nghiem, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Duong Xuan Huyen, leaders from departments, agencies, districts, and representatives from...

Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga asked Vietnamese diplomats to adapt to challenges and opportunities during the digital era at the 14th annual conference of deans and directors of ASEAN+3 diplomatic training institutes held in Hanoi on October 23. Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga at the event (Photo: VNA) Ambassador Nga, who is also Vice Chairwoman of the...

HCM City (VNA) – A Vietnam – Australia seminar on vocational skills took place in Ho Chi Minh City on October 23, within the framework of the Australian Vocational Skills Week in Vietnam. At the event (Photo: VNA) Speaking at the event, Deputy Director General of the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training under the Ministry of Labour,...