The 20th Vietnam-Taiwan Joint Business Council Meeting took place on October 15 in Ho Chi Minh City to promote trade and investment cooperation between the two sides.

Vietnam has become the 69th member of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.

The Vietnamese mission to the United Nations held a respect-paying service and made available a funeral book for General Vo Nguyen Giap in New York from October 11-13.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) Central Committee and 10 other ministries and agencies will join hands to implement humanitarian activities in the 2013-2018 period.

The framework of a cooperation programme between Vietnam and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Unions in the 2012-2016 period was released in Hanoi on October 14.

Vietnam has produced the first line of solar batteries that meet international standards, offering consumers quality and affordable alternatives that cost 20-30 percent less than imported batteries

Vietnam has recorded achievements and progress in boosting up industrialisation and modernisation after 25 years of pursuing the “Doi moi” (renewal) cause.

Bearing inside them a lively and thrilling beauty, a solemn philosophy, these stones have long been endowed with the spirit of heaven and earth.

The Hanoi People's Committee has predicted that the city’s economy in the fourth quarter could grow by 8.9-9 percent and rise to 8.1-8.2 percent for the entire year, fulfilling the yearly target.

The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and China have reached common perception on measures to deepen the two countries’ comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in the new context.