(VOVworld) – The 9th blood donation festival called “Red Sunday” was held in Hanoi on Sunday by the Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspaper, the National Committee for Traffic Safety, and the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnamese Association in Taiwan, China, held a New Year celebration on Saturday. Vietnam’s Economics and Culture Office in Taipei organized a Spring celebration on Friday.

(VOVworld) - Vietnam will continue pursuing a policy of befriending all countries and multi-lateralizing, and diversifying external relations on the basis of independence, self-reliance, and readiness to face any challenges in 2017 to boost international integration.

(VOVworld)- The HCM National Academy of Public Administration and the Government’s Steering Committee for Human Rights have organized a seminar to review 50 years of the International Convenants on Civil, Political and Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and their implementation in Vietnam.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hailed the scientific and technological achievements which had helped raise Vietnam to 59th place in the Global Innovation Index.

(VOVworld)-Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung has called the securities market an important capital channel for Vietnam’s economy.

(VOVworld) – More than 750,000 USD was raised at a program held in Ha Nam province on Sunday to help the poor enjoy a happy Lunar New Year festival later this month.

(VOVworld) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on Da Nang to become a rich, beautiful, modern, and peaceful city, an international trade hub, and an attractive investment destination.

(VOVworld)- Shooter Hoang Xuan Vinh, who won a gold medal in the 10m-pistol event and a silver medal in the 50m pistol event at the 2016 Olympics, has been selected as Vietnam’s best athlete 2016.

(VOVworld) – An award ceremony took place in Hanoi on Wednesday for a writing contest encouraging overseas Vietnamese youth and students to get involved in safeguarding Vietnam’s maritime sovereignty.