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Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs will provide short-term training for 20 staff from the Lao Ministry of Home Affairs.

The Vietnam Administration of Tourism (VNAT) and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines held a seminar on December 14 in Hong Kong (China) to promote Vietnam’s tourism industry in the territory.

The Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) and the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union launched the first Green Innovation Awards in Hanoi on December 14.

All people in the country are being offered a chance to exchange their old batteries with green batteries at no additional cost.

A marine search-and-rescue drill was conducted in the waters off Hon Chong port in the southern province of Kien Giang on December 7.

Vietnam will transport between 500 million and 600 million tonnes of goods this year by sea, the Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) has said.

The Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAVN) under the Ministry of Health launched online public services level 4 on November 26 to help pharmaceutical firms register drug and medicine prices.

El Nino is likely to be one of the strongest on record this winter, posing a risk of outbreak of dengue fever and other diseases in Southeast Asian countries including Vietnam.

The Green Lotus label was awarded to 33 hotels and guesthouses nationwide in recognition of their meeting standards on environmental protection, heritage conservation and economic contribution.

Around 49,000 doses of the 6-in-1 vaccine will be available in Vietnam in 2016, the Drug Administration of Vietnam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health said on November 12.

A Vietnam tourism promotion drive, part of the National Tourism Programme 2015, has recently been launched in Paris, France.

Boxers Luu Thi Duyen and Le Thi Bang have been invited to practise and compete in the US.

Vietnam is introducing its tourism products at the 36 th World Travel Market (WTM), an annual event for the global travel industry, in London, the UK, through a string of activities.

Foreign arrivals to Vietnam reached more than 6.33 million in the first ten months of this year, a decrease of 4.1 percent year-on-year, announced the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

The Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) under the Ministry of Health (MoH) has unveiled a plan to pilot the community-based HIV testing and counseling programme from 2015 to 2017.

The sport sector plans a budget of 1,757 billion VND (about 78 million USD) for the organisation of the 2021 Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.

Thirteen fishermen were rescued as of 14:30 October 31 while four others are still missing after their fishing boat sank on October 30 in the Soai Rap River near HCM City and Tien Giang Province.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has agreed to establish a pilot public administration centre in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

Travel operators attending the recently-concluded International Trade Show for Asian Travel Market (ITB Asia) hailed Vietnam’s 15-day visa exemption for tourists.

A training course on public administration for Bangladeshi government officials opened in Hanoi on October 21.