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Vietnam’s ecosystems are in a strong decline and are threatened with losing their basic functions, experts said at a two-day conference that ended on Hanoi on November 7.

The 2019 World Circus Festival, themed ‘New chapter for a wonder’, will be held in Ha Long city, the northern province of Quang Ninh, from November 11-17.

Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee held a meeting on October 23 with families of victims of the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October ahead of the release of the final report.

Vietnam has contributed to building contents of draft resolutions of the 42nd session of the UN Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, which closed on September 27.

Hundreds of glittering butterflies made of paper affixed to a wall have caught visitors’ eyes at an art exhibition in Hanoi.

A Senegalese man was arrested at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City for trafficking nearly 1.6 kg of cocaine he had swallowed, the customs office at the airport announced on August 12.

The Vietnamese embassies in Japan, Indonesia and Australia held tribute-paying ceremonies and opened funeral books for former President General Le Duc Anh on May 3.

Hanoi stands ready to share experience with African experts in economic development, new style rural area building, social welfare and poverty alleviation, among others, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has said.

Vietnamese runner Nguyen Linh Chi completed the 2019 Boston Marathon on April 16.

Indonesian authorities on March 21 held a press conference to provide the media with information related to the Lion Air’s flight crash in October last year.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President Nguyen Phu Trong on March 12 sent a message of sympathies to Ethiopian President Sahle Work Zewde over the recent crash of an Ethiopian plane.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on March 12 banned the use of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in its airspace following a deadly Ethiopia plane crash at weekend.

Vietnam has been named among the top ten hot destinations for US travelers in 2019 by the US Tour Operators Association (USTOA).

Thailand's Immigration Bureau and its partner VFS Global will launch a new e-visa on arrival (eVoA) system on Feb. 14, for foreign tourists from 20 countries.

Vietnam has been named among the top ten hot destinations for US travelers in 2019 by the US Tour Operators Association (USTOA).

More than 8,200 runners from 63 countries and territories will participate in the second Techcombank HCM City Marathon in HCM City on December 2, the largest marathon event in Vietnam.

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage on October 20 left Copenhagen for home, successfully concluding the participation in the P4G Summit and the official visit to Denmark.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese delegation attended a banquet hosted by the Queen of Denmark for heads of delegations to the P4G Summit, and a lunch hosted by the Prince and Princess of Denmark as well as the closing ceremony of the summit on October 20.

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has invited all World Bank (WB) donors to invest in human capital projects to improve Indonesia’s Human Capital Index (HCI).

Vietnamese Ambassador to Tanzania and Ethiopia Nguyen Kim Doanh presented his credentials to President of Ethiopia Mulatu Teshome in Addis Ababa capital city on October 9.