Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Phu Trong received in Hanoi on July 30 Osama Jafar Faquih, President of the General Auditing Bureau (GAB) of Saudi Arabia, stressing his current visit to Vietnam will further enhance cooperation between the two auditing agencies as well as the countries.

The domestic gold price on July 29 hit a three-month low to 27.60 million VND (1,432 USD) per tael (1 tael equals 1.2 ounces).

Dengue fever has spread out rapidly in several southern, central and central highland provinces. The number of infected people hospitalized has increased sharply.

(CPV) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has approved the plan for propagating the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long – Hanoi and its great festivals in 2010.

(CPV) – The 2010-2011 school year will be the first year in which foreign languages will be taught for pupils in the 3rd grade.

Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Suk-hwan signed a record to exchange documents ratifying an agreement on the transfer of convicts between the two countries on July 30.

Bui Thi Thuy Van has become one of the most outstanding Vietnamese pupils in the recent German high school graduation examinations.

Host Vietnam finished fourth at the Southeast Asian Football Federation (AFF) U19 Championship after being edged out the Republic of Korea on July 30.

Many travel agents from the United Arabia Emirates (UAE) have visited Vietnam to seek out business opportunities in the field of tourism.

Russia is ready to restore military cooperation with NATO almost two years after relations were frozen during the Georgian war, Russia's top general was quoted as saying on July 23.

Fifteen years ago today Vietnam was officially admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Brunei - a milestone in Vietnam’s regional and international integration, as well as ASEAN’s development.

Secretary General of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya has praised Vietnamese customs’ increasing role in international customs forums.