Hundreds of academics, company bosses and human resource professionals in the southern province of Đồng Nai and neighbouring areas and young workers will take part in a job festival in Biên Hòa City on December 26.

Vietnamese citizens are set to enjoy faster, more convenient and more secure border crossings with new biometric passports to be rolled out by 2020.

Some 53 individuals, including four women, were honoured as “the Scientist of the Farmer” (Nhà khoa học của nhà nông) on Tuesday evening for their outstanding contribution to the nation’s agricultural sector.

All six students on Việt Nam’s team in the 15th International Junior Science Olympad (IJSO) held in Botswana from December 2 to 10 pocketed medals, including four gold medals and two silvers, the Vietnam News Agency reports.

The Ministry of Information and Communications is building a Code of Conduct on Social Media, Tuổi trẻ (Youth) newspaper reports.

HCM City will build a large, modern press centre, the first phase of which is scheduled to come into operation in the next two years, the city’s Department of Information and Communication announced at a press conference on Tuesday.

Monthly minimum wage will increase from VNĐ1.39 million (US$60) to VNĐ1.49 million ($65) at the beginning of July next year, according to the National Assembly’s Resolution 70/2018/QH14.

Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has ordered relevant agencies to boost the speed of land clearance and complete technical designs for the North-South Expressway project as scheduled.

On Tuesday, a group of construction workers discovered a mortar shell by chance while digging for a house foundation in An Nghiệp Ward, Ninh Kiều District in the southern city of Cần Thơ.