The Intellectual Property Office of Vietnam (IPO) under the Ministry of Science and the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on strengthening intellectual property cooperation at a ceremony on June 22 in Hanoi.

A ceremony took place in the northern Lao province of Oudomxay on June 22 to repatriate remains of 10 Vietnamese soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the neighbouring country.

The Ho Chi Minh Department of Tourism and the Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand have freshly teamed up to organise a programme promoting the southern metropolis’ tourism charms in Bangkok.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa has taken a wide range of solutions to promote the development of cruise ship tourism – seen as potential and an advantage of the locality.

The Party’s aspirations and visions for the development of the country in a new phase set heavier responsibilities, greater honors, and more demands on the revolutionary press of Vietnam, President Vo Van Thuong has said.

As many as 123 outstanding works of the 17th National Press Awards were honoured at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 21 - Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has received congratulations from leaders of the Party, the State and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, representatives from ministries, agencies, organisations and localities, foreign representative agencies in Vietnam, Vietnamese representative offices abroad, and international news agencies on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

The National Committee on Youth of Vietnam (NCYV) and Vietnamese youth organisations always attach great importance to the psychological and mental health and comprehensive development of Vietnamese youngsters, a senior official has said.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), through the programme “Human Resources for Innovation – Startup Ecosystem” (USAID WISE), on June 21 organised a workshop “Future of jobs in digital economy” and launched a digital workforce platform.

With cultural richness and a vast array of tangible and intangible cultural heritages, Vietnam is endowed with abundant resources for the development of cultural tourism.

A seminar on the Vietnam - UK partnerships in innovation and education was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK, the Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS), and Middlesex University in London on June 19.

Digital transformation is an inevitable trend of the Vietnamese press, however, there is still a long and tough way ahead.

The press must truly become a bridge between the Party, the State and the people, guiding and motivating the people to follow the Party and State's guidelines and policies, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

The Lao media reported on June 20 that the Vietnamese government has provided a grant of more than 2.1 million USD for the construction of a new secondary school in Xienghon district, Xayaboury province of Laos.

Police have put 74 persons into temporary detention for their role in the recent armed attacks on the headquarters of two communal administrations in Cu Kuin district, the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, as the local security and order situation has stabilised.

A conference to review the implementation of Resolution No.29-ND/TW of the 11th Party Central Committee on fundamental and comprehensive innovation in education and training, serving industrialisation and modernisation in the socialist-oriented market economy during international integration in the northern province of Tuyen Quang over the last ten years was held recently by the provincial Party C

A ceremony was held in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on June 20 to present Lao orders and medals to local organisations and individuals in recognition of their contributions to strengthening friendship, special solidarity, and cooperation between Thai Nguyen and Luang Prabang province of Laos.

With a system of modern hospitals and medical facilities that meet regional and international standards, Ho Chi Minh City is capable of receiving patients who are both domestic and international tourists who need treatment and health care, and is making use of its potential to well develop this type of tourism.

A Vietnam-Ho Chi Minh City tourism promotion programme took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on June 19, highlighting the southern Vietnamese metropolis’ strength in medical services.

The Vietnamese and Lao Governments’ special working committees on search, collection and repatriation of remains of Vietnamese voluntary soldiers and experts who sacrificed in Laos during wartime convened their 28th meeting in Vientiane, Laos on June 19.