The Biodiversity Conservation Centre, GreenViet, has launched a communication campaign to protect the red-shanked douc langur (Pygathryx nemaeus) in the Son Tra Nature Reserve in this city.

 Prosecutors and police in southern Dong Nai Province’s Nhon Trach District yesterday apologized for wrongly arresting and prosecuting a local woman who had reported illegal sand dredging in September 2015.

  The Viet Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) presented the Sao Khue Awards to 73 information and technology (IT) software products and services in a ceremony in Ha Noi late last week.

 National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines earned an estimated consolidated revenue of more than VND19 trillion (US$851.3 million) in the first quarter of this year.

 Local inventors have yet to pay attention to applying for intellectual property (IP) rights, which might get them into trouble in the future, an IP official in HCM City said.

 Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat and US Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J.Vilsack held talks in Hanoi on April 25 to enhance collaboration in agriculture, forestry and seafood between the two countries.

 The costume worn by judges should be black robes to deliver the most comprehensive and profound image of the court and be in conformity with international practice.

 HCM City to hold monthly food festival, Ninh Binh holds ceremony to worship massive jade Buddha, Vietnamese antiques displayed in Thua Thien-Hue, Winners of Dedication Music Awards announced

  A high-ranking delegation of Vietnam’s Ministry of National Defence led by Minister-General Ngo Xuan Lich left for an official visit to Russia on April 23.

 A Vietnamese Party delegation attended the meeting of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) Standing Committee, in Jakarta, Indonesia from April 22-24.

General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Bounnhang Volachith met with Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong in Hanoi this morning.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Experts have urged the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces to rezone irrigation systems and dredge canals to cope with the damaging effects of climate change.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Great interest has been expressed by Buddhists and archeologists, as a 2,000-year-old Buddhist palm book is put on display in an exhibition in Hue.

Local authorities in Vung Tau City have decided to ban tourists from holding parties on the local beaches in an effort to keep them clean.

On April 25, K+ Satellite Digital Television announced that it has acquired the broadcast rights of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2016-19 season.

 Fishermen and traders in the central region are facing huge losses as they have been unable to sell their catches due to the recent mass fish deaths in the central provinces.

 The qualifying round of the Vietnamese version of American reality television modeling competition series, The Face has been kicked off in main cities: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang and Can Tho.

Dr. Philipp Rösler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and former German Vice-Chancellor, met young Vietnamese in Hanoi on April 25 to discuss startups in the context of global integration.

 The death toll from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has risen to 654 people, the country's emergency management authority said on Saturday.

From "civil arms" such as fishing boats, marine surveillance vessels and giant oil rigs to occupying rocks and turning them into artificial islands to serve “civil purpuses”, China has revealed the plot of militarization in the East Sea.