More than 130 people, most of them children, who suffered food poisoning after a wedding in the central highlands province of Lam Dong have been released from hospital yesterday.

Two outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang.

International delegates, monks and Buddhist followers are gathering at Tam Chuc pagoda, Ha Nam province for the 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019.

The Immigration Department under the Public Security Ministry confirmed that a British citizen named Christopher John Trinnaman, born 1978, had entered Vietnam on April 9 this year and departed on May 3.

Vietnam and Japan will sign a cooperation agreement providing labour skills for foreigners, aiming to enable Vietnamese citizens to work in Japan in line with the country’s new visa policy.

Vietnam is suffering fast aging population; at present, approximately 11 per cent of the population is 60 and older, and the proportion of older people is predicted to grow in next years.

Around 1,000 drug addicts will be treated with Buprenorphine as the Vietnamese Ministry of Health and the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS have launched the drug addiction treatment program with Buprenorphine.

A ceremony to launch the National Action Month for Children 2019 is scheduled to take place in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on June 1, the Children's Day.

The 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 wrapped up at Tam Chuc Pagoda in Kim Bang district, northern Ha Nam province, on May 14, with the adoption of the Ha Nam Declaration.

The floral lantern release during the Vesak 2019 has been held at Tam Chuc Pagoda with the attendance of 50,000 people on May 13.

Recruitment demand of Ho Chi Minh City continues to increase in May, needing about 30,000 workers, according to the city’s Resources Forecast and Labour Market Information (Falmi) Centre.

Vietnam has destroyed over 1.2 million pigs while the African swine fever is still spreading according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Singaporean tourists injured in a traffic accident in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue have recovered, according to the Hue General Hospital.

The northern and northern central regions have been forecasted to see the hot weather with temperatures of up to 40 degrees centigrade in the days to come.

The impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) on Buddhism was discussed yesterday as part of the ongoing 16th UN Day of Vesak 2019 in Hà Nam Province.

The student council of languages and cultures of Southeast Asia will organise a Vietnam day to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the University of Hamburg (1919-2019).

The first phase of the anti-flooding project in HCMC was kicked off on June 26, 2017 with the total capital of VND10 trillion (US$429.74 million) comprising of six tidal control sewers and five embankments with the total length of 7,801 kilometers.

The Vietnam Festival 2019 is scheduled to take place at Yoyogi park in Tokyo from June 8-9.

Large numbers of worshippers took part in the Buddha bathing ritual to pray for global peace at the UN Day of Vesak 2019 celebrations which transpired in northern Ha Nam province on May 12.

Some 1,000 volunteers will join in preparing vegetarian buffets for the on-going 16th United Nations Day of Vesak.