(VOVWORLD) -Micro Dragon, a satellite developed by 36 Vietnamese engineers, is expected to be launched into space in December, according to the Director General of the Vietnam National Space Centre (VNSC) Dr. Phạm Anh Tuan. It will be put into orbit by the Epsilon rocket.

(VOVWORLD) -National and local business development criteria were released at a media conference in Hanoi on Saturday, the Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day October 13.

(VOVWORLD) - The 48th international letter-writing competition was launched on Friday in Vinh city under the theme “Write a letter about your hero”.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam’s economic growth rate in Q3 was 6.88%, higher than the previous quarter with rapid increase in retail and whole sales, according to a report by the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research.

(VOVWORLD) - US Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Randall Schriver on Friday visited Vietnam’s Military Hospital 175 whose level-2 field hospital is participating in the UN’s peacekeeping mission.

(VOVWORLD) - The Hanoi Book Festival 2018, themed “Books and Digital Technology”, opened at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long Wednesday.

(VOVWORLD) - A send-off ceremony was held in HCMC on Friday for Vietnam's handicapped athletes who will head to Indonesia’s Asian Para Games 2018.

(VOVWORLD) - Da Nang City on Tuesday invested 430,000 USD to support a project to develop a clean fruit and vegetable production model using high technology.

(VOVWORLD) - Preparations for the 12th Congress of the Vietnam Trade Union topped the agenda of the Sunday Executive Committee meeting of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor (VGCL).

(VOVWORLD) - Can Tho City has held a Mid-autumn festival for disadvantaged children. More than 100 HIV positive children have been presented gifts and joined performances on the occasion of the Mid-Autumn festival.