(VOVworld) – Ho Chi Minh City has a great potential for water-way tourism with about 1,000 km of rivers and canals connecting it with neighboring provinces, Thailand, and Cambodia. The city intends to market water-way services as a tourism product.
(VOVworld) – The APEC Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM-APEC) opened in Hanoi on Friday as a curtain raiser for APEC Vietnam 2017. Hosting APEC Year 2017 and ISOM-APEC demonstrates Vietnam’s strategic vision and commitment contributions to enhancing Asia-Pacific cooperation.
(VOVworld) – National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan begins an official visit to India on Thursday at the invitation of Senate President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Speaker of the Lower House Sumitra Mahajan. The visit aims to consolidate the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.
(VOVworld) - Cuba's rumba dance has been added to UNESCO's list of "intangible" heritages of humankind. Rumba dance, which began in Africa and Spain, has flourished in Cuba. It’s considered a signature dance of Cuba which protects cultural diversity based on mutual respect.
(VOVworld)- Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Japan next Thursday and Friday. The visit will create a new momentum in the bilateral relationship.
(VOVworld)-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has emphasized that equitizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is an important task for 2017. With SOEs holding hundreds of billions of USD in assets and capital, faster equitization will change their governance for the better, reduce public debt, and help economic restructuring.
(VOVworld)-The northern port city of Hai Phong has made 2016 a year of improving its business climate, focusing on administrative reforms.
(VOVworld) - The Vietnamese embassy in India has officially announced the winners of a logo contest to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam and India’s diplomatic ties. First prize went to Nguyen Hung Quoc Dung of Ho Chi Minh City.
(VOVworld)- On November 28, the French Ministry of Agriculture reported that the bird flu virus was detected on wild ducks in the Pas-de-Calais region of France.
(VOVworld) – The UN Security Council has approved its toughest sanctions yet against North Korea for conducting banned nuclear tests. Analysts hope the sanctions are harsh enough to pressure Pyongyang into returning to the 6-party talks.
