The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is committed to supporting Vietnam in implementing IP–related activities, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry told the National Office of Intellectual Property (NOIP) on March 23.

 The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) aims to give vocational training to 5.5 million rural labourers in the 2016-2020 period, with 1.4 million to be trained in agriculture and the remaining in other occupations.

 Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has sought support for developing start-up incubators from Israel, which is viewed as the start-up nation. 

 Vietnam offered its deepest sympathy with the British Government, people and families of victims in the March 22 terror attack and strongly condemned terror attacks in any form.

 Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to foster strategic trust, promote cooperation in integration and further deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries.

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan has expressed her delight at the robust and effective development of bilateral ties with Singapore via the Party, State, National Assembly and government channels over the past years. 

 National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said she hopes that the World Bank continues to assist Vietnam in implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs) during her reception for the bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristanlina Georgieva.

Vietnamese Defence Minister, Gen. Ngo Xuan Lich and Minister of Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces, Sen. Lieut. Gen Leopoldo Cintra Frias signed a 2017-2019 cooperation plan following their talks held in Hanoi on March 23. 

 Investors with insufficient financial ability must be eliminated to call on others for underground parking lots, said chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on Wednesday.

Vietnam’s position as the leading global producer of cashew nuts hasn’t escaped the attention of foreign investors.

 Tickets for Food Fest 2017, the biggest gastronomy and entertainment event ever in Hanoi, are available for purchase online starting March 21.

 Foreign investors are vigorously expanding in Vietnam, leading to domination by investors from Japan, Thailand, and China.

Vice Chairman of HCM City's District 1 Doan Ngoc Hai might be popular due to his pavement clearing movement, but people question whether other officials have the same passion and determination.

The central city’s Oncology Hospital, in co-operation with the British–Swedish biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, has launched its first-ever Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation testing programme

 VietNamNet Bridge – Up to four centimetres of land subsidence occurs in the Mekong Delta each year, and exploitation of groundwater is one of several factors causing it.

VietNamNet Bridge – Han Duc Long, 58, sentenced to death on four occasions, on Wednesday demanded a public apology from the courts after he was acquitted of charges of child rape and murder.

Vietnam has sent invitations to US President Donald Trump and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg to attend the APEC 2017 which will be held in Hue, according to Chairman of VCCI Vu Tien Loc.

Russia’s Sputnik agency has revealed top 16 most beautiful waterfalls on Earth in observance of World Water Day (March 22), including the Ban Gioc waterfall on Quay Son River in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bang.

Tokyo Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2017 has showcased latest Haute Couture No.10 collection by famed Vietnamese designer Nguyen Cong Tri.

VietNamNet Bridge - Thousands of Chinese travelers entered Vietnam through the Mong Cai international border gate two days after China's ban on travel to South Korea. 

 Five popular comedians from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK have arrived in town to join the Magners International Comedy Festival to be held at the Caravelle Saigon in HCMC’s District 1 tonight at 8 p.m.

 Hanoi Buffaloes failed to secure a berth in the final of the Thailand Basketball Super League after losing their third semi-final match on Wednesday in Bangkok.

 At least three people were killed at 11pm on Wednesday after a motorbike hit a truck in a head-on collision on Hanoi's Vinh Tuy Bridge.

 Saigon Heat lost to Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions 97-110 on Wednesday in the penultimate match of the qualifying round of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

FIFA and UEFA have provided over 1.8 billion VND ($79,000) for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue to develop a community-based football project.