Ha Noi, Vietnam News

Vietnam's first Korean language newspaper - made its debut in Ha Noi yesterday. It is a collaboration between Vietnam Pictorial , a Viet Nam News Agency publication, and a newspaper for the Republic of Korea's overseas citizens.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius has said her country is committed to working with Vietnam to combat emerging epidemics, especially infectious diseases, and to promote the transfer of technology to fight HIV/AIDS.

Vietnam's Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh received a huge number of questions focused on improving the reputation of Vietnam's tourism sector to keep pace with other countries in the region during the 13th National Assembly's Q&A session yesterday morning.

In January, 2001 a dead whale from the ocean drifted ashore. Considering whales to be precious creatures, the local inhabitants buried it and built this statue, thinking it a good omen.

Australia's leading wool company Woolmark has embarked on a plan to help Vietnam's garment sector produce woolen products and thereby increase the sector's competitiveness and profits.

A tourism stimulus programme implemented by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Vietnam has slashed the prices of tours in Vietnam, providing tourists with a wide range of holiday choices at reasonable costs.

Vietnamese and Chinese experts discussed the sea area off the Tonkin Gulf during the third round of negotiations in Ha Noi on Thursday and Friday.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will prioritise disaster management efforts in the co-operation within the member states as well as between the block and its dialogue partners.

Foreign-invested enterprises in Vietnam will be banned from directly purchasing agricultural products from farmers and establishing buying networks when a new Ministry of Industry and Trade circular takes effect in June.

As many as 12,052 traffic accidents were recorded nationwide in the first five months of 2013, resulting in 4,163 deaths and leaving 12,171 injured.

French companies are ready to help Vietnam develop an urban railway system by providing capital, technology and special expertise, the Consul General of France said yesterday.

Doctors from the HCM City-based Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion have successfully conducted the country's first-ever haploidentical stem cell transplant procedure.

A Foreign Ministry representative on Sunday met and delivered a diplomatic note to a representative of the Chinese Embassy in Ha Noi, objecting the recent ramming by a Chinese ship of a Vietnamese fishing vessel which was operating normally in an area totally within Viet Nam's exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.

Wooden acting: Countryside girls in the puppet show have been made from bamboo and old clothes.

Vietnam witnessed a surge in newly registered and additional FDI in the first five months of this year.

The country's maximum economic growth would be 5.35 per cent this year, according to the Vietnam Annual Economic Report 2013 that was unveiled in the capital yesterday.

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama presented her best works at a contemporary art exhibition opening at the Japan Foundation Centre for Cultural Exchange in Ha Noi on Saturday.

The Vietnam government is making efforts to control inflation while still spurring production and stabilising the macro-economy, Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Tan Dung told the monthly cabinet meeting in Ha Noi yesterday.

The Ministry of Public Security will inspect cars with diplomatic licence plates, handing out fines to those that are out of date.

Online certificate "It says on some job ads that any on-line certificates or distance learning will not be counted towards certification unless they contain a substantial classroom component.