Officials from the 21 APEC member economies discussed ways to avoid duplication and overlap of APEC-funded projects at a meeting on Saturday in HCM City.

Globalisation and technological changes have contributed to unprecedented economic growth, improvement in living standards, and poverty reduction in the past two centuries, but these can also bring about structural unemployment in the short to medium terms, delegates heard on the second day of the APEC Economic Committee meeting in HCM City on Saturday.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong received Chairman of Myanmar’s Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) Than Htay in Naypyidaw on August 25, as part of his State visit to the country. 

In traditional markets in Nam Trà My district, prized and valuable Ngoc Linh ginseng abounds. What eager customers don't know is that the herb they buy might not be the real thing.

Three important documents were adopted as the week-long (August 18-25) APEC Food Security Week and High-level Policy Dialogue on Enhancing Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture in Response to Climate Change wrapped up yesterday.

Vaccine coverage against the human papilloma virus (HPV) should be expanded to help reduce new incidences of cervical cancer, experts said at an APEC meeting.

A secondary school student, Võ Hoàng Khanh, from Thừa Thiên-Huế Province has designed an agricultural tool that allows farmers to easily uproot the cassava plant during harvest.

Near-shore fishery resources are declining and in danger of being depleted, so fishermen in Vĩnh Trường Commune, Nha Trang City where 70 per cent of population lived by seagoing, must quit fishing even that go away from home to seek job.  

Lương Văn Can Street in Hoàn Kiếm District is long considered as the paradise of toys. However, recently, made-in-China bows, plastic bullet guns or plastic swords are detected to be publicly sold as children’s toys here. In reality, these are all weapons used in committing crimes.