Tropical storm Conson suddenly changed its course on July 16 to head for the Red River Delta. Coastal and inland localities, including Hanoi capital, are put on full alert.

The Vietnam-China friendship cycling tour ended in Nanning, China on July 15.

A Vietnamese female high-level delegation led by Ha Thi Khiet, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation, has visited Sweden to discuss experience in building and implementing gender equality policies.

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has changed significantly in gender and age groups, deputy head of Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control said Chu Quoc An on July 15 at an online meeting to review the fight against the disease in the first six months of the year.

Over 600 monks and nuns from 22 provinces and cities in southeastern and southwestern have gathered at a conference on “Vietnamese Buddhists’ Role in Integration and National Development”.

The UN Independent Expert on minority issues has expressed her good admiration for the Vietnamese Government’s priority implementation of ethnic minority policy and its openness in addressing difficulties.

A Code of Conduct for labour exporters, announced in Hanoi on July 15, calls on target businesses to ensure the safe and convenient return of guest workers, especially females, after their labour contracts expire.

A seminar seeking ideas to create a draft national strategy on gender equality for the 2011-2020 period was held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15.

The 15th Vietnam Computer Electronics World (VCW) Expo opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 15.

The online labour market saw a strong growth in the second quarter of this year, according to the country’s leading provider of online employment services, VietnamWorks.com.