A conference was held in Hanoi on December 17 to review the implementation of a project to rehabilitate people affected by Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in Vietnam.

More than 2,000 people with disabilities and their families in the central province of Quang Tri have profited from a German-funded rehabilitation project over the past 13 years.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has appealed for the best use of technological advances, making it easier for citizens to learn throughout their lives as Vietnam pushes ahead with building a life-

Heavy snowfall and thick ice layer covered O Quy Ho Mountain Pass in Sa Pa district, the northern province of Lao Cai as temperature was recorded at minus one Celsius degree on December 15.

Traffic accidents went up in December, said Railway and Road Police Department.

Sung Thi Vu, a 16-year-old H'Mong girl from Su Pan Commune, looked quite professional as she worked as a waitress.

Nine Vietnamese fishermen who were rescued from an accident on the East Sea on December 10 landed at the Ho Chi Minh City-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport on December 14.

The southern province of Binh Duong will provide 500,000 VND each for 3,500 workers who cannot return home to enjoy the 2014 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Google’s online translation service now includes Mongolian language as the 65th language to make translations.

The Hanoi People’s Court on Dec.