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Vietnam attracted 31.8 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 11 months of 2019, up 3 percent year-on-year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on November 13 launched its public services portal, offering better public access to online administrative procedures.

An exhibition of Dong Ho folk paintings will take place in Hanoi and the northern province of Bac Ninh from October 31 to November 2.

A seminar was held in the northern province of Bac Ninh on October 9 to discuss the role of Vietnamese and Lao youth in maintaining and promoting the great friendship and solidarity between the two nations.

A conference to update the archaeological research work outcome was held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)’s Institute of Archaeology in Hanoi on September 26, gathering many domestic and international scientists.

Phones and components led all export items to the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the first eight months of 2019, accounting for 26.4 percent of total shipments, data of the General Department of Customs showed.

Vietnamese designer Tran Hung has presented his first and most important fashion collection at the London Fashion Week SS20.

A delegation of the Cuban Ministry of Labour and Social Security led by Minister Margarita M. Gonzalez Fernandez paid a visit to the northern province of Bac Ninh on September 10 to exchange experience in labour and employment.

The Hanoi Ceramic Museum and The Gioi Publishers on July 31 introduced to the public a book on Dong Ho folk paintings.

Remains of 172 martyrs were laid to rest in Ba Dac Hill Martyrs’ Cemetery in Thoi Son commune, Tinh Bien district of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang at a ceremony on July 24.

A Quan ho (Love duet singing) art troupe of the northern province of Bac Ninh has held a performance in Prague, the Czech Republic.

A Quan ho (Love duet singing) art troupe of the northern province of Bac Ninh held a performance in Prague, the Czech Republic, on June 11 as part of its performance tour of four European countries – the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany and France.

Construction was started on a high-tech waste-to-power plant worth 1.35 trillion VND (over 57.6 million USD) in Que Vo district, the northern province of Bac Ninh on May 29.

The northern province of Bac Ninh is looking to lure more Korean investments, pledging to create the best conditions for both large corporations and small- and medium-sized enterprises to invest in the province, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tu Quynh has said.

Dabaco Group has announced that it is commissioning soon a plant to produce cooking oil in Tien Du district, the northern province of Bac Ninh, with a designed capacity of 1,000 tonnes of soya bean per day.

Japanese industrial material manufacturer Showa Denko K.K. is fostering the production of aluminum cans in Vietnam amid growing demand for beverages in this market.

French logistics and transport company FM Logistic has broken ground for a 30 million USD warehouse and distribution centre in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans to focus its investigations on businesses that use high volumes of energy as part of its mission to save energy.

The northern mountainous province of Lai Chau announced its first African swine fever (ASF) outbreak on March 19, raising the total number of disease-hit localities nationwide to 20.

Vietnamese weightlifters bagged four more gold medals at the International Weightlifting Federation Youth World Championships in Las Vegas, the US, on March 10.