Hanoi

The Greek team managed to climb on the highest mountain of Vietnam and Indochina, Fansipan which is at 3,143 metres.

It is located in the Lào Cai Province of the Northwest region of Vietnam, 9 km southwest of Sa Pa Township in the Hoang Lien Son mountain range.

US President Barack Obama welcomed the leader of Vietnam's Communist Party on July 7 to the White House for historic but "candid" talks marking two decades of rapprochement between the former enemies.

TIME magazine’s article “9 Vacation Spots That Are Better (and Cheaper) Than the Places You Want to Go” looks at less-traveled locales that have the perks of iconic destinations but have fewer tourists and are more affordable.

The Travelers' Choice Award-winning destinations sifted through millions of reviews of grand cities and exciting trip ideas to come up with a list of top 25 destinations for 2015.

1. Marrakech, Morocco
Reviewers pointed to the "magical place" with its markets, gardens, palaces and mosques.

2. Siem Reap, Cambodia

3. Istanbul, Turkey

4. Hanoi, Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have buried thousands of seized cats -- many believed to have been alive at the time -- after the felines were smuggled from China to feed the nation's illegal cat meat trade.
      

A team of Bulgarian students collected three bronze medals at the International Chemistry Olympiad in Hanoi, Vietnam, the Ministry of Education announced.

The three Bulgarian bronze medal winners are Pencho Beykov and Boris Mitrev from Sofia and Kristian Georgiev from Pleven.

Sixteen people were killed and five injured when a Vietnamese military helicopter crashed in the capital Hanoi early Monday during a training exercise, a top military official said.
      
"The plane was carrying 21 people and it crashed during a parachute training exercise, killing 16 and injuring five others," Lieutenant General Vo Van Tuan, army deputy commander, told AFP.

Bulgarian company Risk Engineering AD will consult the government of Vietnam on a project for the construction of a nuclear power plant.

The cooperation was negotiated during the visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski to Hanoi.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski is to arrive in Vietnam on Sunday for an official visit by April 9, according to the press office of the government.

On Sunday, Oresharski is to attend the opening of the first Bulgarian restaurant, "Sofia", in the city of Hanoi, and to meet with Vietnamese nationals who studied and worked in Bulgaria

Vietnam Airlines is reportedly interested in opening a direct line from Hanoi to Sofia.

The idea will be officially proposed during the visit of Bulgaria's Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski and Transport Minister Danail Papazov to Vietnam from April 5-9, Standartnews reports.