(VOVworld)- On Saturday, the 2016 Earth Hour was celebrated in various cities and provinces nationwide. In Hanoi, the campaign attracted thousands of students and volunteers.

(VOVworld) – Lights will be turned off from 8:30 to 9:30 PM on March 19 to mark Earth Hour 2016. Electric lights and advertisement boards in downtown Hanoi will be switched off. On Friday, My Tho city in Tien Giang province launched a power saving festival, which included a workshop on energy conservation and street marches to encourage power saving.

(VOVworld) – The Vietnam Red Cross Society has decided to provide emergency aid to localities in the Central and Mekong Delta areas to cope with drought and saline intrusion.

(VOVworld) – A seminar on ASEAN integration and harmonization of the legal systems of the ASEAN countries was held in Hanoi on Thursday. Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court, Truong Hoa Binh, said that with the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community, cross-border trade and civil disputes will become more complex, prompting a need for legal assistance to resolve international cases.

(VOVworld) – An awards ceremony for the winning literary and artistic works in a contest on agriculture and rural development was held in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVworld)- The 13th ASEAN Chiefs of Defense Forces Informal Meeting closed in Vientiane, Laos, on Monday.

(VOVworld)- Vietnam managed to rein in inflation at 0.63% and maintained relatively high economic growth in 2015. In 2016, Vietnam is expected to obtain an economic growth rate of 6.7-6.8% and the CPI of 3-3.5%.

(VOVworld) – The National Press Festival themed “Celebrating a new spring, the success of the 12th National Party Congress, and 30 years of renewal” opens in Hanoi on March 13-15. The event is co-organised by the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education, the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee.

(VOVworld) – On Friday more than 200 youth union members of Vinh Long and Binh Thuan province joined the “Youth journey for national sea and islands”.

(VOVworld) – On Thursday the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union launched a program to encourage young people to contribute to the defense of national maritime sovereignty and increase the bond between people in the mainland and those on Truong Sa archipelago.