Vietnam

The country's first metro has gone into service in Hanoi, ending a 10-year project that has been dogged by delays and rising costs; a second line is expected to open in 2023

Five specimens of the grey-footed langur duke, a critically endangered monkey, have been killed by poachers in a forest in the country; fewer than a thousand remain

Thousands of Vietnamese families, some of them for generations, who have been living in Cambodia but are stateless, without papers, are being driven out because of historical rivalries between the two countries

Ha Noi My Anh, 19, is the only Vietnamese representative at the 2021 Head In The Clouds Music Festival, scheduled in the US for November

UNESCO Vietnam and Vietnam Cinema Association's Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents with a filmmaking course for young Vietnamese directors will help develop short film projects, find a suitable production path and guide a film career

Dong Ngoc Ha, a first-year biology student at the University of Science, has been named among the top 50 in the Global Student Prize 2021

Offshore wind giant Orsted has signed an agreement with a Vietnamese conglomerate to develop a project off the southeastern coast; the country has, according to the developers, some of the best conditions for offshore wind power generation in Asia

Vietnamese Nguyen Thu Giang, 28, PhD student at the University of the West of England, is now the youngest lecturer at the institution, teaching from undergraduate to postgraduate and master's students

More than 100 artists and art collectors participated in a painting auction to raise funds for hospitals treating Covid-19 patients

Tan Son Nhat International Airport, serving the city of Ho Chi Minh, has recently ranked by Skytrax as a top 10 best airports worldwide serving up to 40 million passengers a year before the pandemic

During the most recent Covid-19 outbreak Government institutions have worked with e-commerce platforms to remove barriers to the transportation of essential goods bought online

For the youth project entitled 'Bridges to the Future', 1.120 young people will be effectively trained in new occupations

The State Bank and the Swiss Embassy in the country have signed a bilateral agreement for the new Swiss Bank Executive Training programme that will help develop the skills of Vietnamese bank executives in the period 2022-2027