Deputy FM highlights ASEAN Retreat outcomes

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HANOI, Jan 19 (VNA) - The freshly-concluded ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) Retreat has focused on the association’s priorities for 2014, especially the guarantee of an environment of security, pea

IFAD grants aid to Vietnam’s rural development

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HANOI, Jan 19 (VNA) -The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will provide a loan of 22.5 million USD and a grant of 500,000 USD to help Vietnam finance the project “Sustainable r

Narita-Da Nang air route set to open

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HANOI, jan 19 (VNA) - A direct air route from the Da Nang Airport to Japan’s Narita Airport will be launched in July, the deputy director of the foreign affairs department, Mai Dang Hieu, confirmed

Vietnam, EU aim to complete FTA in 2014

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HANOI, Jan 19 (VNA) - Chief negotiators from Vietnam and the EU have pledged to complete discussions about a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of this year.

Tho Chu island takes aim of marine resources

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HAOI, Jan 19 (VNA) - Tho Chu Island, where the Khmer Rouge troops carried out a bloody massacre of 500 residents 38 years ago, is moving to become a sea ecotourism destination and a farming area of

Role of Buddhism in Vietnam’s development reviewed

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HANOI, Jan 19 (VNA) - The contribution of primeval Buddhism in Vietnam’s human and national development was explored in depth at a symposium in Ho Chi Minh City on January 18 marking the 57 years s

Javelin throwers break world records at Para Games

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HANOI, Jan 19 (VNA) - Vietnamese javelin thrower Nguyen Thi Hai broke the world record at the ongoing seventh ASEAN Para-Games in Myanmar on January 19, bringing home an additional gold.

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