More Swing for the Kids scholarships go out to excellent students in Hung Yen province By By Anh Duc 11:02 | 17/08/2017 In the lead-up to the 2017-2018 school year, Vietnam Investment Review, the press agency of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, has ... Swing for the Kids 2017 hands out 160 scholarships By By Duc Hanh 08:00 | 19/05/2017 Vietnam Investment Review honours 160 disadvantaged students who produced stellar results in the previous academic year with scholarships worth VND80 ... Swing for the Kids 2017 a fun and meaningful competition By By Hong Anh 18:39 | 22/04/2017 The 11th Swing for the Kids charity golf tournament, co-organised by the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency, Vietnam Investment ... VIR's Swing for the Kids 2017 teed off By By … [Read more...]

Check out the news you should not miss today, November 20 Society -- More than 500 students took part in the Urgent Run 2017, held to raise awareness of the importance of toilets in daily life and in response to the World Toilet Day, in the southern province of Binh Duong on Sunday.-- Police in the northern province of Son La on Sunday launched legal proceedings against Trieu Ngoc Hoan on charges of intentionally violating state regulations on economic management with severe consequences for his role in wrongdoings related to the construction of a local hydropower plant.-- A Vietnamese pilot was completing a helicopter training flight in London on November 17 when his chopper crashed into a Cessna 152 jet, killing him and three others on the spot, Vietnam’s aviation watchdog confirmed on Sunday.-- Ngo Truong Son, head of the anti-corruption division under the inspectorate department of the southern province of Ca Mau, has been arrested and taken into three-month custody for … [Read more...]

Check out the news you should not miss today, November 18 Politics-- The APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, hosted by Vietnam in the central city of Da Nang from November 6-11, has successfully ended with many key outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said as he chaired a meeting to announce the results of the event on Friday. Society-- A tropical depression that formed in the East Vietnam Sea on Friday has strengthened into a storm on Saturday morning and is heading towards Vietnam's south-central coast. It is the 14th storm to hit the country so far this year.-- Nguyen Khac Thuy, 77, the suspect in the infamous child sex abuse case in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, was sentenced to three years behind bars on Friday on charges of child molestation.-- Mainstream media should actively work to 'orient' the currents of right information on social networks, Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan emphasized during a Q&A session at the 14th … [Read more...]

Here are the news stories you should not miss today, November 17: Politics-- The first Q&A session at a Thursday meeting of Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly focused on problems regarding the country’s public debts and bad debts. Society-- A man in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has been fined VND25 million (US$1,105) for chopping down a tree on the sidewalk in front of his company headquarters.-- The People’s Court in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on Thursday sentenced 22-year-old Nguyen Minh Cuong to 15 years in prison for raping two young girls, aged eight and nine.-- A tropical depression is forecast to enter the East Vietnam Sea on Friday and potentially develop into a storm in the next days, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting reported.-- The Forest Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has ordered authorities in the northern provinces of Lao Cai and Yen Bai to … [Read more...]

A brief look at what is in the news today, November 16! Politics -- Vietnam’s Embassy in Indonesia has sent a representative to attend the court hearing in Ranai City on Thursday for five Vietnamese fishermen charged with conducting illegal fishing activities in Indonesian waters, eight months after their arrest in April. -- Vietnam’s lawmaking National Assembly convenes on Thursday for a questioning session where cabinet members are expected to provide answers on issues in the fields of finance, banking, information and technology, and justice. Society -- Nearly 15,000 plots of land reserved for relocation in central Vietnam’s Da Nang City are being left in disuse despite the fact that many construction projects are slowed down due to challenges in relocating affected residents. -- Wrongdoings and violations in Hanoi’s management of land and public properties between … [Read more...]

Check out what is in the news today, November 15 Society-- The costly signal system at many train stations across the country meant to prevent train collisions  has failed to operate as expected and even caused incidents and near- crashes. -- The Ministry of Information and Communication has slapped fines of up to VND140 million ($6,121) on two newswires and suspended them from publication for three months for distorted coverage.   -- The Military Command of Dong Nai Province, neighboring Ho Chi Minh City, has revealed they had worked with competent authorities in Bien Hoa City, the province’s heart, to excavate two cannon shells from the Dong Nai River.-- Senior Lieutenant General Le Quy Vuong, Deputy Minister of Public Security has disclosed nearly eight million personal identification numbers had been issued to date, which will be used to replace residence books by 2020.-- Work is expected to start on a project worth VND351 billion ($15.3 million) to build … [Read more...]

Here are the news stories you should not miss today, November 14: Politics -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping joined talks with Vietnamese State President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on Monday, as part of his state visit to Vietnam on November 12 and 13. Society -- Police in the northern Vietnamese province of Lao Cai confirmed on Monday they were looking into a burglary taking place at the headquarters of the provincial customs department. Security camera footage showed that three men had broken into the building but did not take any valuable.-- A 67-year-old woman in the northern province of Thai Nguyen was killed on Monday morning, while her 17-year-old grandson was injured after a blast occurred as they opened their house’s front door. Police are investigating the cause of the explosion.-- An increasing number of cars in the southern province of Binh Duong have had their windows broken and property inside stolen, officers … [Read more...]