The newly-formed Vietnam Maritime Pilots Association made its debut at a ceremony held in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on December 20.

The central Ha Tinh provincial People’s Committee on December 21 inaugurated a park and a monument dedicated to those who laid down their lives at the Dong Loc intersection during the American war.

Tehran, Dec 21, IRNA – Iranian families are to get together Saturday night to celebrate the longest night of the year.

Chairman of the Fatherland Front’s Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has extended the best wishes to Christian dignitaries and followers on the occasion of 2013 Christmas.

Poland is ready to support Vietnam in training the personnel operating in the law-making and administrative management domains and can assist the country in dealing with environmental issues and cl

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.