The Government has adopted an intellectual property strategy setting goal to further improve Vietnam’s global innovation index (GII), Vietnam Government Portal (VGP) reported.

The 5th Property Guru Vietnam Property Awards honoured 52 of Vietnam’s most prestigious and respected property developers at the InterContinental Saigon Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on August 23.

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga presented insignia “For peace and friendship among nations” to outgoing Cambodian Ambassador PrakNguon Hong during a ceremony in Hanoi on August 23.

A training course for Vietnamese teachers living in foreign nations on the teaching of the mother tongue closed in Hanoi on August 23.

The Canada – Vietnam Society (CVS) held a ceremony in Toronto, Canada on August 22 celebrating the 74th anniversary of August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

The tourism sector of the central province of Thua Thien-Hue has carried out various measures to bolster sustainable and eco-friendly tourism.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given the green light to extend a pilot project of tourist cars in the north-eastern province of Quang Ninh until June 30 next year.

Transport companies in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi plan to increase the number of trains and buses to cope with the rush expected during the long National Day weekend next month.

Youth union delegations from Vietnam’s Quang Tri and Laos’s Savannakhet provinces held talks and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in Quang Tri on August 22.

The National Assembly’s Committee for Foreign Affairs hosted a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to review the implementation of legal policies on the management of foreigners in Vietnam.

The construction sector has expected that 65 percent of its workforce will be trained by 2020.

Provinces in the Central Highlands region face the risk of reservoirs bursting since hundreds of them are damaged or degraded.

Lasting a maximum of two hours, the shift of an air traffic controller is strenuous and full of pressure.

The National Assembly’s Committee for External Relations held a seminar in Hanoi on August 22 to review the implementation of international treaties signed by Vietnam and Russia during the 2001 – 2018 period.

The Muong Lo Tourism-Culture Week and the Mu Cang Chai Terraced Field Festival will take place on September 20-25 in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai, featuring a chain of attractive activities.

Stunning landscapes, gorgeous white sand beaches, coupled with standout culture and excellent seafood have made Kien Hai island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang an irresistible tourist destination.

Hanoi Police have commenced legal proceedings against and detained three people on the charge of running a commercial surrogacy ring, local police said on August 21.

Vietnamese designer Cong Tri has said that he will continue to debut his fashion collection at the New York Fashion Week in the US in September.

Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang, Jeju Island of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Thailand’s capital city of Bangkok are favourite spots for Koreans to spend the long Mid-Autumn holiday this year.

The Steering Committee for National Tourism Year 2020 – Ninh Binh convened the first meeting in Hanoi on August 21.