Vietnam has helped Laos complete the building of a digital topographic database and a topographic map of its northern and central region, serving the country’s socio-economic development and environmental management.

The central city of Da Nang will speed up the construction of key water plants – the Cau Do, Hoa Trung and Hoa Lien – in order to supply 250,000 cubic metres of clean water each day by 2019-2020.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man has expressed his belief that dignitaries and followers of the Cao Dai sect will make more contributions to the country’s reforms.

The Australian Government-funded “Integrating gender in agricultural value-chain research” project looks to settle gender social constrains, encourage ethnic men and women’s involvement in agricultural value chains, as well as promote the adoption of high-tech application towards a sustainable agriculture.

Border guards of the northern mountainous province of Son La on November 15 arrested a man who was illegally transporting 12 bricks of heroin and 36,000 meth pills.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) and the central province of Quang Tri signed an agreement on communication cooperation in Dong Ha city on November 15.

An inter-sector delegation from Vietnam have held a working session with authorities of Kampong Chhnang province of Cambodia to seek solutions to difficulties facing Vietnamese Cambodians who are relocated from Tonle Sap Lake.

VietChallenge, a global entrepreneurship competition for Vietnamese, was launched in Hanoi on November 14.

Rescue forces have found the body of the last victim in the illegal gold mine accident on November 4 in the northern province of Hoa Binh.

Police of Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Binh district said they have arrested a Cambodian for illegally buying and possessing synthetic drugs.

To tackle rampant food safety issues in Vietnam, a national information database with real-time updates will be set up, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

Former General Director of State-run telecom firm Mobifone Cao Duy Hai and incumbent Deputy General Director of the company Pham Thi Phuong Anh have been arrested in connection with violations of rules on public investment capital at the firm.

The satellite-positioning Movimar system proved effective in monitoring fishing boats in Vietnam in 2016-2017, according to the Fisheries Resources Surveillance agency.

The southern province of Dong Nai has decided to hand over 1,165 hectares of land for the first construction phase of Long Thanh International Airport in early 2019.

Many colleges and universities are offering courses and college-level programmes in foreign languages, culture and academic subjects for students who plan to work abroad.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences’ centre for Vietnam-East Asia research exchange and human resources cooperation has joined hands with the Gores Academy’s Japan Institute of Culture and Economics to hold a seminar in Hanoi on November 13 on Gores Nihongo Suisui, a Japanese e-learning curriculum.

The Vietnam Association for the Protection of Children’s Rights (VACR) will hold its third congress in Hanoi on November 17-18.

The central coastal city of Dang Nang has in recent years welcomed a steady number of holidaymakers in the final months of the year when it was used to be the low season due to unpredictable weather.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked relevant ministries to review the proposal for changes to be made to the Hanoi construction master plan for 2030, with a vision towards 2050.

Three major Vietnamese telecommunication service suppliers – VinaPhone, Viettel and MobiFone – will launch mobile number portability (MNP) which allows customers to switch their network without changing their phone number, from November 16.