Southeast Asian migrant workers are no longer just emigrating to developed countries, increasingly they’re moving within the region.

Việt Nam Government is 100 per cent behind supporting ethnic minority groups, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình told the Ethnic Minority Development Forum in central Quảng Nam Province on Monday.

The Australian Consulate General in HCM City on Monday announced it has opened applications for the grants round for the 2018-19 Direct Aid Programme (DAP), which is dedicated to projects in provinces and cities from Đà Nẵng southwards.

An investigation into baby product retailer Con Cưng has found that it had complied with all import and consumer protection regulations and possessed documents to prove origin, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has promised to create favourable conditions for overseas Vietnamese scientists to participate in scientific and technological projects at home so that they can contribute to the country’s socio-economic development.

Việt Nam’s agricultural and aquatic exports to China are likely to face higher quality requirements and stronger competition from other ASEAN exporters although China’s demand for these goods is still on the rise, heard a meeting on Saturday.

The Đồng Châu-Khe Nước Trong forest, in the central province of Quảng Bình is considered to be a region of high biodiversity that needs special preservation, however, after four years of research and discussion by experts and local authorities, the establishment of a nature reserve in the forest remains on paper.