The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned Vietnamese citizens not to travel to Syria or regions in its vicinity until stability is re-established in this Middle East nation.
The Vietnamese Association in the UK elected a 25-member executive board, including one President and four Vice Presidents during its eighth Congress in London on April 8.
The British Council in Vietnam has announced a project worth 500,000 GBP (702,800 USD) aiming to help Vietnam preserve, develop and promote its music and film heritage.
Overseas Vietnamese students in Russia, China and the UK have held a number of activities in response to the Month of the Youth in the home country in March.
Two coaches from British football club Tottenham Hotspur FC, the runner up in the 2016-17 Premier League, have arrived to hold camps for 8 – 10-year-olds in HCM City.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Tran Ngoc An and representatives from the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange and Vietnamese businesses on March 7 attended the opening session of the London Stock Exchange, one of the largest stock markets in the world.
Vietnamese people in Cambodia and the UK have held Lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations, with Vietnam’s biggest traditional festival only about a week away.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the United States has recently held a get-together for nearly 300 Vietnamese people living in the country to celebrate the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Vietnam has seen strong economic growth in the past three decades, second only to China, and this has opened up great opportunities for foreign firms, including those from the UK, to boost investment in the country.
The UK Embassy in Vietnam and the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training held a seminar on the two countries’ cooperation in occupational skills education and training on Jan. 17 in Hanoi.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung called on businesses from the UK to make investment in Vietnam during a reception for Lord James Mayer Sassoon, Executive Director of Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited, in Hanoi on January 17.
Leading providers of vocational training and education from the UK will visit HCM City and Hanoi to set up partnerships with local companies, schools, colleges, universities and government organisations.
The sixth Vietnam-UK Strategic Dialogue took place in Hanoi on January 5. A joint communiqué on the outcomes of the dialogue was issued by the two sides at the end of the event.