The LF-WAO team from Lac Hong University in the southern province of Dong Nai won the 2019 Vietnam Robot Contest (Robocon Vietnam) in the northern province of Hai Duong on May 12.

Head of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs Vu Chien Thang on May 12 received delegates from China, Laos, Cambodia and Thailand who are in Vietnam to attend the United Nations Day of Vesak 2019.

Deputy PM Trinh Dinh Dung requested the involvement of the entire political system in the fight against African swine fever during a teleconference held by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Hanoi yesterday.

Vietnam wants to promote comprehensive relations with Bhutan, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a reception for visiting Chairman of the National Council (Upper House) of Bhutan Tashi Dorji.

The annual rent has been set at VND14.2 billion for the super-large water pump installed on the flood-prone Nguyen Huu Canh Street, said a representative of the HCMC Department of Construction.

Endowed with pristine beauty, Binh Thuan province has worked to make tourism a economic spearhead.

Hanoi plans to ban motorbikes sooner than planned by 2030 as part of its efforts to ease traffic congestion and environment pollution, Chairman of the municipal People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said.

The National Committee for Traffic Safety and the Hanoi People’s Committee jointly launched a walking in the capital city on May 12 to call for actions against drunk driving.

The central province of Nghe An held a ceremony on May 12 in Ky Son district to receive the remains of 98 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down the lives in Laos during wartime.

A 29-seater coach which was carrying 21 people back to Hue City from Bach Ma National Park in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue crashed into a cliff, leaving 18 Singaporean students injured.

Police have arrested three Taiwanese and one Chinese suspects for illegal transporting 500kg of Ketamine meth, the most expensive in the drug market.

The United Nations Day of Vesak Celebration 2019 is taking place at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Ha Nam province from May 10-15, 2019.

The Automobile Association Vietnam (AA Vietnam) and AIP Foundation, in collaboration with the Hanoi Traffic Safety Committee, launched a new child car seat initiative at Nam Tu Liem School in Hanoi on May 9.

Nguyen Thi Mai, a tenth-grade student at Nam Sach high school in Hai Duong province, has won the top prize in a national letter-writing contest, which is set to be launched globally by the Universal Postal Union (UPU).

Measures to prevent food poisoning at schools in HCM City was discussed on May 10 at a meeting about food safety in 2017-2019 period held by the Food Safety Management Board and the Department of Education and Training.

Hanoi’s first bus rapid transit (BRT) line has not run at full capacity after two years of operation.

This year’s full moon season, Việt Nam is honoured to host the United Nations Vesak Festival – a celebration of Buddha's birth, enlightenment and entrance to nirvana.

Vietnamese scholars, Buddhist dignitaries and followers highlighted the use of Buddhist philosophy as an approach to ethics education across the globe at a forum held in Ha Nam province on May 11.

 The 2019 Month for Humanitarian Activities was launched in Hanoi on May 11, and this is also the first time this programme has been held at the national scale.

Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on May 11 attended an inaugural ceremony in Hanoi for the new Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camps in the northern provinces of Quang Ninh and Yen Bai.