(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Education and Training held an online conference with universities and colleges to review the 2016-2017 academic year and launch activities for next year. They also discussed the reorganization of tertiary pedagogic facilities and market demand.

(VOVWORLD) - The US last Wednesday announced a decision to levy tariffs of 16.5 to 81% on imports from China of aluminum foil, depending on the subsidy rates producers receive from the Chinese government. This is one of the first acts by the Trump administration to reduce the US trade balance with China.

(VOVWORLD) - The Authority of Publication, Printing, and Distribution of the Ministry of Information and Communications will license the reprint of Vietnamese dictionaries of late Professor Nguyen Lan. Honored with a State Award and the Ho Chi Minh Award, the dictionaries play an important role in Vietnam’s culture and history.

(VOVWORLD) - Top government officials and leaders of major Vietnamese corporations met last weekend to work out measures to realize this year’s socio-economic targets including the growth target of 6.7%. Despite numerous difficulties, they are all determined to realize the set targets to boost the national growth sustainably.

(VOVWORLD) - The fipronil-contaminated egg scandal is shocking Europe after a Dutch company is accused of using fipronil, a toxic anti-lice agent. Millions of eggs have been pulled from supermarket shelves in more than a dozen European countries and hundreds of farms in the Netherlands were shut down.

(VOVWORLD) - The central region of Vietnam will play an important role in Vietnam’s tourism development until 2020 and vision to 2030. But the regional tourism growth has not matched local tourism potential. Connecting tourist destinations is one likely solution.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam is renewing its determination to fight corruption in accordance with Party resolutions on Party building and rectification. But some people are skeptical of the anti-corruption effort being led by the Communist Party of Vietnam. VOV’s editor Thu Hoa argues that this skepticism does not do justice to the reality in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) - August 10th is observed as a Day 'For Vietnamese Agent Orange/dioxinVictims'. In the 56 years since the US army sprayed the defoliant on Vietnam’s battlefields, the consequences have tragically affected the lives, not only of those directly exposed to Agent Orange/Dioxin, but of their children and grandchildren. VOV’s reporter Le Phuong reports on government and community efforts aimed at helping Agent Orange/Dioxin victims.

(VOVWORLD) -Quang Ninh provincial authorities have imposed a fishing ban in the core area of Ha Long Bay after investigations of fishing activities in Ha Long Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay. The province has launched a campaign to protect local marine resources.

(VOVWORLD) - An additional 150 million people globally may be at risk of protein deficiency by 2050 because of rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere says a report in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Rising carbon dioxide levels from global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat, leaving vulnerable populations at risk of stunted growth and early death.