Fifteen ancient trees in Lao Cai, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang and Haiphong have been recognized as national heritage trees, including an ironwood which is around 1,100 years old, Vietnamplus reports.

The Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW)) Fall-Winter season will unveil latest creations by 23 local and foreign designers in 20 shows at the National Convention Center in Hanoi from November 1 to 6.

 The upcoming CLMV and ACMECS summits and the WEF-Mekong are expected to boost dynamism and prosperity in the Mekong region.

 A series of made-in-Viet Nam mini satellites will be launched into orbit in the coming time as part of Viet Nam’s effort to take command of earth supervision, said a senior official.

 PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Deputy PM Vuong Dinh Hue and leaders of several ministries, agencies and localities on October 15 attended the national teleconference on the implementation of the National Target Program for Sustainable Poverty Reduction.

Vietnam is the world's second largest consumer of dogs, but proportionally the worst in the world, with at least five million dogs killed each year, according to the Asia Canine Protection Alliance (ACPA). 

 The Ministry of Industry and Trade is investigating the discharge of water from the Ho Ho Hydropower Plant dam in Ha Tinh Province which has been blamed for making the flooding in the area more serious.

 Schools in Ho Chi Minh City will give bonus payment to teachers who teach crowded classes, tutor backward students and foster talented students.

 Public universities in Vietnam are to become autonomous in academic knowledge, human resources, and finances and will tighten their accountability.

 International tourist arrivals to Vietnam in the first nine months totaled 7.265 million, an increase of 25 per cent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

 The government has signed a $231.3 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to enhance the power transmission network in southern Vietnam.

 At least 21 people have died, eight are missing, and many are injured after severe flooding hit a number of central provinces.

The HCMC Department of Construction has recently proposed to the city’s People’s Committee a number of practical solutions for the city’s Property Market Development Project in the 2016-2020 Period, Orientation to 2025, and Vision to 2030.

As of August 2016, Unitel, a joint venture of Viettel Global Joint Stock Company and Lao Asia Telecom from Laos, reached $1 billion and $300 million in cumulative revenue and profit, respectively, since starting operation in September 2009.

VinaCapital opposed the latter’s decision to carry out the $10.6 billion steel complex in the central province of Ninh Thuan due to concerns over environmental pollution.

 Vedan Vietnam Enterprise Corporation Limited (Vedan Vietnam) is the second 100 per cent foreign-owned company that wants to directly import coal to fuel its own plant’s operations in Long Thanh district of the southern province of Dong Nai.

It’s October, autumn in northern Vietnam, and the sunflowers in the fields with their golden heads as wide as sombreros lifted towards the sun are more beautiful than any other time of the year.

 Books need a space in which events honouring reading culture can take place and readers can share their passion for reading while holding direct dialogues with authors.

 Ross O’Connell Jennings, a 26-year-old bagpiper from Scotland, will hit Vietnam as the 55th country on his world tour on October 24.

 Since Vietnam began its renewal process in 1986, its fine arts have flourished.