According to the Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam has bagged a gold, a silver and three bronze medals at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Informatics Olympiads (APIO 2013).

An international exhibition showcasing energy efficient and environmentally-friendly equipment will be held in Vietnam from May 29 to 31.

On May 15, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health has coordinated with the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to hold a forum on 40 years of bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Japan in the health sector.

Ho Chi Minh city set an objective that each district will ensure at least of 30% of medical stations have family doctors in 2013. The city will complete this model by 2015.

(CPV) - A new contingent of 88 Australia awards scholarships recipients will soon depart Vietnam to commence study in Australia, said the Australian Embassy to Hanoi on May 16.

(CPV) - Enforcement capacity of Vietnam’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) and five target cities/provinces on water management administration has been improved, thanks to a Technical Cooperation Project implemented by JICA.

According to the central Thua Thien – Hue provincial People’s Committee, on May 14, chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Can Van approved a project on building Thua Thien – Hue into a science and technology centre in the country.

On May 14, the Management Board of the Small Satellite Project under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology said that two days after the successful launch of the VNREDSat-1 into orbit on May 7, the satellite took photos and transmitted information to receiving stations in Vietnam and several places in the world.

(CPV) - Conference and exposition Banking Vietnam 2013 under the theme “Leveraging new trends of technology to build governance capabilities, operational excellence and service innovation” is being held in Hanoi on May 15-16.

(CPV) - Three financing agreements (worth USD400 million) and related legal documents were signed in Hanoi on May 14 by the State Bank of Vietnam and the World Bank in Vietnam.

On May 13, in the southern city of Vung Tau, the General Department of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, held the first international conference on geology and natural resources of ASEAN (GeoASEAN 1).

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced 20 scholarships for two-year Khmer language study in Cambodia, according to the school year 2013-2014 agreement.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has announced that mobile phone users will now be able to change network providers without swapping their mobile numbers from January 1, 2017.

A workshop to build a comprehensive resilience plan for integrated flood risk management in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho was jointly held by the World Bank (WB) and the provincial People’s Committee on May 10^th.

At 11am on May 9 (Hanoi time), the Vietnam Natural Resources, Environment, Disaster Satellite, the first Vietnamese Earth observation satellite (VNREDSat-1) successfully sent its first photos to the ground receiving station.

According to the Space Technology Institute under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) will conduct flights to complete a survey in the Central highlands as well as collect atmosphere samples for scientific research.

(CPV) – The number of 3G users in Vietnam has sharply increased in 2012 (about five times) compared to the previous year. This bodes well for the bright development future of Vietnam’s 3G services sector.

(CPV) - The second landslide technical forum was organized by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Institute of Transport Science and Technology under the Ministry of Transport in Hanoi on May 8.

On May 8, the international Vietnam MEDI-PHARM 2013 event opens in Hanoi with the participation of 350 pharmacy groups and enterprises from 30 countries and territories.

The Ministry of Education and Training has released a list of public universities and colleges in provinces and cities nationwide. Accordingly, there are 130 public universities and 181 public colleges.