The Czech Republic will continue assisting Vietnam to develop its education, affirmed President of the Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport under the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus.

According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the issuance, supplement and use of bitcoin and other similar virtual currencies for legal payment is prohibited in Vietnam.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan wrapped up official visits to Singapore and Australia from November 26 to December 2, concluding a year full of diplomatic activities of the Vietnamese parliament.

President Tran Dai Quang has urged lecturers and students of the Hanoi Medical University to increase their participation in scientific research, particularly those in emerging diseases.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan “placed an order” for the Institute of Mathematics under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to boost the application of technologies in production to increase labour productivity at a working session in Hanoi on December 14.

Education experts from Australia shared their country’s experience in running universities to meet the criteria of world university ranking systems at a workshop in Hanoi on October 26.

The upcoming State visit of US President Donald Trump to Vietnam on November 11-12 is expected to enable further growth of the Vietnam-US ties in the future.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Cambodia and Vietnamese students in the country on April 1 participated in the third ASEAN+3 festival in Phnom Penh.

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with staff at the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of Vietnamese people in Australia on November 29, part of her official visit to the country.

The Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association of northern Thai Nguyen province on April 9 hosted a celebration of the traditional New Year Festival of Laos – Bunpimay – for Lao students in the province.

Indonesia launched the 2018 Arts and Culture Scholarship (BSBI) on March 28, with 72 people from 44 countries and territories honoured.

Vietnamese Ambassador to India Ton Sinh Thanh has encouraged Vietnamese students to study in India to explore the South Asian country and contribute to enhancing the fruitful relations with India.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem had a meeting on November 8 with Masuda Tetsuya, General Director of Japan’s education group Soshi, who said his firm wants to set up an international university in the Vietnamese city.

More universities in Vietnam should open programmes to foreign students as demand for study-abroad courses has increased, according to education experts.

Nearly 20 writers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) stressed the significance of reading books to young people, especially students, at an exchange programme that opened in Vientiane, Laos, on May 9.

Deputy General Director of the Vietnam News Agency Dinh Dang Quang hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 11 for President of the Cuban Institute of Friendship with Peoples Fernando Gonzalez Llort.

Carlyle A. Thayer- Emeritus Professor, the University of New South Wales, has a article on the Vietnam-Australia ties on the occasion of the official visit to Australia by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc from March 14-18.