– Senior Party officials of Vietnam and Cuba have agreed thatamid the COVID-19 pandemic, regular meetings and exchanges between the twoParties and countries vividly demonstrate their special friendship.
- Asia needs to play a greater role in maintaining andfostering a peaceful and stable environment conducive to development andprosperity in the region and beyond, on the shared basis of cooperation,understanding, trust and responsibility, Standing Deputy Prime Minister PhamBinh Minh has said. Minh made the suggestion while delivering hisremarks at the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia (FOA 2022)in Tokyo on May 26. Read full story
– Vietnam has paid due attention to improving its investmentenvironment and creating conditions for foreign enterprises to do long-termbusiness in the country, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le ThiThu Hang told a press conference on May 26.
– The completion of land border demarcation and markerplanting between Vietnam and Cambodia to build a common borderline of peace,friendship and sustainable development has long been the legitimate aspirationsof the two countries' people, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of ForeignAffairs Le Thi Thu Hang affirmed on May 26.
In that spirit, over thepast years, Vietnam and Cambodia have closely cooperated with each other andcompleted the demarcation and marker planting on 1,045km of their borderline,equivalent to around 84 percent of the total length, the spokeswoman said at aregular press conference held by the ministry. Read full story
– Competent agencies and localities of Vietnam, including BacGiang – the country’s lychee growing hub – always create favourable conditionsfor Chinese businesses and traders to buy the fruit in Bac Giang, ForeignMinistry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a routine press conference on May26.
Answering a question on the purchase of lychee in Bac Giang byChinese businesses and traders, Hang said over the past time, Vietnamese andChinese agencies and localities have closely coordinated in creating favourableconditions for their businesses, traders and supermarket chains to research themarket and conduct trade promotion for agricultural products, reaping positiveresults. Read full story
- Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet andIsrael Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Political Director Alon Bar co-chaired thefourth political consultation conference between the two ministries viavideoconference on May 26.
Viet and Bar briefed each other on thepolitical and socio-economic situation in their respective countries, andhighly valued the positive progresses in the all-round cooperation betweenVietnam and Israel over the years, especially in politics, diplomacy, economy,science-technology, and startup. Read full story
- Up to 21 percent of Indian firms operating or intending tooperate in Southeast Asia plan to expand their business in Vietnam in the nexttwo years, and the ratio is 26 percent among Chinese enterprises, according toa HSBC survey covering more than 1,500 companies from six of the world’slargest economies – all of which have operations in Southeast Asia.
Regardingadvantages of Vietnam, three out of 10 surveyed companies pointed to skilledworkforce, while 27 percent cited competitive wage prices and proven economicresilience in response to the pandemic. Read full story/.
