(VOVworld)-The Chief of the APEC Secretariat Standing Unit has confirmed 90% of preparatory work for the APEC Year 2017 is done.

(VOVworld) -The history of Vietnamese official language and its birth place in Thanh Chiem Bastion were explored at a workshop in Quang Nam province on Wednesday.

(VOVworld) – A seminar about General Vo Nguyen Giap and Vietnam’s revolution was held in Hanoi on Tuesday prior to the General’s 105th birthday anniversary, August 25. Participants discussed General Vo Nguyen Giap’s life and revolutionary career.

(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue on Monday/ today chaired a seminar on mobilizing resources to develop transportation infrastructure and logistics in the Mekong River Delta. Mr. Hue, who is also Head of the Steering Committee of the Southwestern Region, said the seminar seeks investment methods for regional transportation and logistics. At present about 80 to 90% of investment resources have been spent on road transportation, 1% on civil aviation, and the rest on waterways.

(VOVworld) - Vietnam, Myanmar and India are the most potential market for investors. A report delivered at the UN conference on trade and investment showed most of the 765 billion dollars of investment capital in Asia last year were invested in the 3 countries.

(VOVWORLD) - Dianmu storm landed in northern Vietnam on Friday, leaving one person dead and two missing. Head of the Central Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Control and Prevention, Nguyen Xuan Cuong, has asked northern provinces to stay high alert as the storm caused heavy rains and flash floods.

(VOVworld) – The Front pages of the People Newspaper and the People’s Army Newspaper today both printed the headline “71st anniversary of August Revolution and Independence Day”, and pictures of late President Ho Chi Minh and many other articles about the August Revolution. An Editorial in the Pe

(VOVworld)- On Thursday, a conference to review Vietnam’s experience in participating in UN peacekeeping operations over the past two years took place in Hanoi.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee on Wednesday in Hanoi hosted a meeting to collect opinions on the draft Law on Religion and Belief.

(VOVworld) – The UK-based Financial Times has run an article about Vietnam’s retail market potential, which is said to face increasing competition and challenges.