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Vietnam won two ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Awards (ASTA) at the 2020 ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF 2020) which took place in Brunei from January 12 – 16.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh received Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof in Nha Trang city, Khanh Hoa province, on January 17 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ retreat.

Three cities in Vietnam have been presented with the ASEAN Clean Tourist Awards 2020.

The US-ASEAN Business Council will help Cambodia in managing its tourism sector, diversifying and developing tourism products through investment projects.

The first meeting of the ASEAN senior economic officials for the fifty first ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (SEOM 1/51) was held in Hanoi from January 12 to 14.

The Vietnamese Government has issued a decree on Vietnam’s special preferential import tariffs for the implementation of the ASEAN-Hong Kong (China) Free Trade Agreement (AHKFTA) in the 2019-2020.

Government-backed development banks of Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have signed an agreement with public and private financial institutions in Southeast Asia to meet growing demand for infrastructure projects in the fast-growing region.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) aims to again curb the inflation below 4 percent and sustain the monetary market this year, SBV Governor Le Minh Hung told a teleconference of the banking sector in Hanoi on January 2.

International media and experts pin high hopes on Vietnam as the country takes over the dual role of ASEAN Chair and non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council this year.

For the first time, Vietnam plans to announce differences between business rules before and after removals or simplifications to evaluate the efficiency of reform efforts.

HCM City FC and Hanoi FC will represent Vietnam in the inaugural ASEAN Club Championship (ACC) next year.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 20 hosted military leaders of Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Russia, Singapore and Thailand who are here to attend a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and the 30th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

As Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2020, Vietnam will be responsible for promoting and increasing ASEAN’s interests and prosperity, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has said.

The leather – footwear industry of Vietnam now has big opportunities thanks to FTAs, but to make full use of those deals, it needs to remove bottlenecks relevant to the supporting industry.

The ASEAN Committee in Mexico City (ACMC) has hosted a bazaar to promote culture of the bloc’s member countries in Mexico.

The Canadian government and businesses should place the Vietnamese market in a prioritised position in its partnership development, stated Douglas Kennedy, the Royal Bank of Canada’s Managing Director at the Center for Global Enterprises.

The Vietnamese sports delegation won five gold and many silver and bronze medals of December 4, the fourth day of the ongoing SEA Games in the Philippines.

Vietnam showed their pedigree and quality to win their first gold medal in men’s football in the victory over Indonesia on December 1 at the ongoing 30th Southern Asian Games (SEA Games 30), said the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

The Vietnamese men’s U22 team made a comeback to defeat Indonesia 2-1 in their third match of Group B at the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 30) in the Philippines on December 1.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is one of the most attractive foreign investment regions in the world.