VN Directorate of Market Surveillance and French luxury goods conglomerate Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton has inked a memorandum of understanding on cooperation in fighting counterfeits and violations of intellectual property rights.

The People’s Court of Hanoi yesterday announced sentences for 15 defendants involved in the case of obtaining property by fraud, manipulating securities prices, and falsifying documents at the Central Mining and Mineral Import Export.

Hanoi has seen improvements in three criteria for HIV control, including the people newly diagnosed with HIV, HIV-infected people transferring to AIDS stage, and people who have died of HIV/AIDS over the past decade.

Remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts found in Laos were handed over to the Vietnamese side for repatriation at a ceremony held in Vientiane on May 7.

The UN of Vesak 2019 will be celebrated at the Tam Chuc Buddhism Culture Centre in Kim Bang district of northern Ha Nam province from May 12-14. Preparation work for the event is entering the final stage.

About 7,200 members of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and volunteers will be serving the upcoming United Nations Day of Vesak 2019.

For Hanoi, the regulation of working hours must be considered and evaluated in many aspects because the capital houses many state administrative bodies, with a big population of state servants.

The high ranking police officers who deliberately influence to falsified exam results were breaking the law and must be strictly punished.

In Vietnam, year-round Japanese encephalitis is usually prevalent in summer season and peaks between June and July.

Preparations are well underway to prepare Tam Chuc pagoda in Kim Bang district in the northern province of Ha Nam for the United Nations Day of Vesak 2019, which will take place between May 12 and May 15.

Under the deft hands of local artisans, water hyacinth has become an eco-friendly material for producing sophisticated handicraft items for exports.

There has been no Vietnamese citizen affected by the airplane accident in Moscow, Russia on May 5.

As many as 89 cases of measles have been recorded between April 19 and May 5 in the capital city of Hanoi, according to a report released on May 6 by the Hanoi Centre for Disease Control.

Police in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province, arrested two Chinese fugitives on May 7 who are currently wanted by police in China.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened on May 7 the first-instance trial on a drug trafficking and production ring, the biggest of its kind in Vietnam when being uncovered in 2017.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh asked for the completion of all preparations for United Nations Day of Vesak 2019 celebrations on May 10.

The Pacific Partnership programme 2019 (PP19) kicked off in Tuy Hoa city, Phu Yen province, on May 6.

Hanoi authorities are struggling to find ways to attract investors for major parking lot projects.

The Dien Bien Phu victory on May 7, 1954 was Vietnam’s biggest victory in the resistance war from 1945 to 1954.

An exhibition on the Dien Bien Phu campaign and victory is underway in Hanoi. The event is part of the activities to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu victory in 1954.