- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged online retail giant Amazon to furtherexpand its operations in Vietnam while receiving Vice President ofInternational Public Policy & Government Affairs at Amazon Susan Pointer.
PMChinh affirmed that Vietnam always considers the US one of its top importantpartners. In the joint statement on the upgrade of Vietnam-US ties to acomprehensive strategic partnership and at a meeting between the Vietnamese PMand US President Joe Biden in September 2023, the two sides defined cooperationin sci-tech, digital transformation and innovation as one of the newbreakthroughs in the bilateral relationship. This serves as a significantplatform and opportunity for businesses from both countries, including Amazon,to cooperate and invest for mutual development. Read full story
- Vietnamese Minister of Foreign AffairsBui Thanh Son and Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsParnpree Bahiddha-Nukara on October 26 agreed to work to elevate theircountries’ strategic partnership to a new height.
Attheir talks in the Hanoi, Son hailed the importance of his guest’s officialvisit to the extensive cooperation between the two countries as well as betweenthe two foreign ministries amid the 10th anniversary of the strategicpartnership. Read full story
- The 15th international conference on the East Sea wrapped up in Ho Chi MinhCity on October 26, with four discussion sessions and a keynote speech on thesecond sitting.
The sessions focused discussions on the role of coast guards in enhancingcooperation in the East Sea; decisive time: traditional energy or renewableenergy?; essential infrastructure: new strategic significance of technology;and the voice of the next generation. Read full story
- President of Mongolia UkhnaagiinKhurelsukh hosted a reception in Ulaanbaatar on October 26 for Minister ofNational Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnamwho have been on an official visit to the country.
Khurelsukh stressed that Vietnam has a special position in Mongolia’s foreignpolicy and wished that in the near future, bilateral ties would reach a newheight for the benefit of the people of both countries and contributing to themaintenance of peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region andthe world. Read full story
- Vietnam recognised and highly evaluated the decision of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (China) to ease visa rules for Vietnamese citizens,Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has said.
At the ministry’s press conference on October 26, Hang said Vietnam and the HongKong Special Administrative Region are important economic partners of eachother, and the latter’s simplification of visa procedures will bring practicalbenefits to the two economies, and their people and enterprises. Read full story
- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – SoutheastAsia Ministerial Forum 2023 was organised under the theme of “Sustainable andQuality Investment: New Momentum for OECD- Southeast Asia Partnership” in Hanoion October 26.
As the most important event of the OECD-run Southeast Asia Regional Programme(SEARP) in 2023, the forum drew the participation of Vietnamese Deputy PrimeMinister Tran Luu Quang, OCED Secretary-General Mathias Cormann,Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and more than 200ministers, deputy ministers, ambassadors and representatives from 48 OECDmember states and Southeast Asian countries, and many scholars, experts andbusiness community. Read full story
- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – SoutheastAsia Business Network on October 26 held the Business Roundtable andPublic-Private Policy Dialogue on Sustainable Investment in Hanoi.
This marked the start of a series of activities within the framework of theOECD – Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum 2023 that is taking place in Hanoi fromOctober 26-27. Read full story
- Experts proposed solutions and technologies to reduce emissions in shrimpfarming and processing at a workshop in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieuon October 26.
The event, jointly held by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) Vietnam, theMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the provincialDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, formed part of the “Accelerating private sector engagement inclimate-resilient and low-emission investment opportunities in Vietnam’snationally determined contribution (NDC)” project rolled out by the MARD andthe UNDP in the south-central province of Binh Thuan and Bac Lieu since 2021. Read full story
- Courses in Education and Clinical and Health of the Vietnam NationalUniversity, Hanoi (VNU, Hanoi) find a place in the Times Higher Education(THE)’s World University Ranking by Subjects 2024, which was released onOctober 26.
The two subjects, evaluated by THE for the first time, gained the globalrankings in the 401-500 group for Education, and 601-800 group for Clinical andHealth. Read full story
- The Republic of Korea’s Kumho Asiana-Vietnam Scholarship and CulturalFoundation will present scholarships to 63 selected Vietnamese students fromseven universities across the countries.
Accordingly, the scholarship, each worth from 20 million to 30 million VND (812USD – 1.200 USD), will be awarded to first-year students who have high scoresin the 2023 university admission exams and are from disadvantaged backgrounds. Read full story
- Vietnamese chess players bagged five silver and two bronze medals in thechess standard events at the ongoing 4th Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China,on October 26. Read full story./.
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