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Vietnam’s south-eastern provinces have reported not only high economic growth in 2018 but also a trade surplus.

All 133 communes of 11 districts and cities in southern Dong Nai province have been recognised as new-style rural areas, local officials said.

Thai industrial park developer Amata has started the construction of Song Khoai industrial park in Quang Yen town of the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 21.

An international conference was held in Hanoi on December 14 to discuss the settlement of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin consequences which still linger in people’s bodies and the environment across Vietnam.

A set of paintings by Hanoi’s 12-year-old student Nguyen Mai Trang has won the Grand Prix Award at the Mitsubishi Asian Children’s Enikki Festa painting contest.

The Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam and the Vietnam - Denmark Friendship Association (VIDAFA) have announced the winners of the annual painting contest for Vietnamese schoolchildren, “Denmark in Your Eyes”.

A coffee processing factory expected to become the biggest of its kind Vietnam when fully operational was put into operation in Nhon Trach 3 Industrial Park, the southern province of Dong Nai, on December 8.

Shing Mark Medical University Hospital in Dong Nai province on November 23 inked cooperation documents with several hospitals of Taiwan (China) to enhance medical examination and treatment in the southern locality.

Foreign-invested companies in the southern region are speeding up investments and preparing for opportunities as Vietnam is poised to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Tran-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

Governor of Champasak province Bounthong Divixay on November 13 presented the Order of Independence of the Lao State to leaders of Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai province for their contributions to Vietnam – Laos relations.

The southern province of Dong Nai has decided to hand over 1,165 hectares of land for the first construction phase of Long Thanh International Airport in early 2019.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has set a goal to develop logistics into a major service sector with a focus on seaport development.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has approved a feasibility report on a project of land clearance, compensation and resettlement support related to the construction of Long Thanh International Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai.

Vietnam is advised to compile a national framework for a supply chain to provide safe pork to serve the domestic market.

Close cooperation with the business sector will ensure that technical and vocational education and training (TVET) activities are effective and meet the needs of the market, experts have said.

Better cooperation between farmers, businesses and buyers is improving product quality in the animal husbandry industry in Vietnam.

Despite suffering from 90 percent visual impairment, 37-year-old Truong Phuoc Khai of Hau Giang province in the Mekong Delta has a passion for making books.

The Ministry of Health has called on authorities and hospitals in the south to strengthen preventive measures to control the spread of measles and hand-foot-mouth disease.

The National Steering Committee for Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemical Consequences plans to build a centre providing medical support for victims of toxic chemicals including dioxin during the period from 2018 to 2020.

A food processing factory worth 7 million USD was opened in Trang Bom district, the southern province of Dong Nai, on October 10.