(VOV) - The 15th session of the Vietnam-Russia Intergovernmental Committee for Economic, Commercial, Scientific, and Technological Cooperation opened in Moscow yesterday.

(VOV/VOVworld) - According to the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction, 10% of poor districts, 50% of disadvantaged coastal and island communes and 30% of disadvantaged ethnic minorities and mountainous communes will see higher standards of living by 2015.

(VOV/VOVworld) – Hanoi has honored 56 young business people who have excelled in information technology, e-commerce, construction consultation and design, and animal husbandry.

(VOV) – Thousands of Cham Balamon ethnic people in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces are happily celebrating the Kate festival, one of the 15 biggest folk festivals in Vietnam.

(VNA) – Real estate investors are to invest further in Sapa after city’s planning project till 2013 was approved by the Government.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam Entrepreneurs’ Day is marked throughout the country. The Ho Chi Minh City Business Association hosted a ceremony on Saturday morning to honor 87 individuals for their efforts to develop production, contributing to national economy, employment, and social welfare.

(VOVworld) - French-speaking nations will open their 14th biennial summit in Kinshasa, Congo, on Saturday.

(VNA) – Experts and parliamentary officers from Vietnam and overseas gathered for a seminar in Hanoi on Thursday to share their experiences in building and operating a parliamentary library.

(VNA/VOVworld)- The 50th assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) member states has been held in Geneva, Switzerland over the last two days attracting thousands delegates.

(VOV/VOVworld) – Vietnam will continue its cooperation with UNESCO and considers UNESCO members’ efforts the driving force for growth.