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 General Customs Department reported that by December 15, Vietnam earned 7.9 billion USD from footwear export, 14.9 percent higher than the same period last year.

The number of State employees will remain the same until 2016, as a restructuring and staff refinement process continues in the public sector, it was reported at a recent conference.

Vietnamese martial artists shined on December 21 during the SEA Games 27 in Myanmar with seven golds, bringing the national team’s total to 73 against the previously set goal of 70.

Ho Chi Minh City places importance to cooperating and promoting ties with Chinese localities and investors, Le Thanh Hai, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee, has said.

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.

Vietnam’s tuna exports may reach 520 million USD this year, down 9 percent from last year’s figure, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung pressed for more drastic actions to restructure the credit organisations’ system for the 2011-15 period as scheduled when he addressed a conference held by the State

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.

Government officials, domestic and foreign financial and economic experts gathered at an international conference in Hanoi on December 18 to discuss ways to build a healthy, efficient and sustainab