Despite an improvement in the online disclosure of district-level land use plans and provincial-level land pricing frameworks, the difference between the reviews in 2021 and 2022 was not significant, according to recent research findings.
Six new private sector partnerships announced under the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT’s) Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) will promote the growth of sustainable carbon markets that deliver significant social and environmental benefits to communities in Vietnam.
The Vietnam-RoK Korea Cultural Festival will be held on October 28-30 in Ho Chi Minh City, offering a wide series of cultural activities introduced by artists from the both countries.
The ASEAN Committee in Canberra held a ceremony on August 24 to celebrate the 55th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Vietnamese and Australian businesses sought partnership opportunities in technology and trade during a forum jointly held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 16 by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Saigon Innovation Hub, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has filed a diplomatic protest against China’s unilateral imposition of a fishing moratorium in the East Sea (known in the Philippines as the West Philippine Sea and internationally as the South China Sea).
The relationship between Vietnam and Australia is developing strongly and at its best ever, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu said on March 3.
Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Foreign Affairs Tran Phuoc Anh, on behalf of the city's leaders, on November 4 came to the Consulate General of Cambodia in the city to present flowers and extend congratulations on the occasion of the country’s 68th Independence Day (November 9).
Hanoi is organising a COVID-19 vaccination drive for foreigners residing in the city, according to an announcement from the municipal Department of Foreign Affairs.
Australian businesses will have a great chance to be successful with their business in Vietnam once they embrace and respect the local culture, treat Vietnamese workforce with respect, and speak a little slower than they do at home, said Austal CEO Patrick Gregg.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh has urged Ho Chi Minh City's Department of Foreign Affairs to uphold its tradition and achievements, and improve efficiency in tasks to bolster external relations and international integration, especially economic integration.
Australia will add an additional 9.7 million AUD (6.75 million USD) between 2021 and 2025 to its funding of the Vietnam Provincial Governance and Public Administration Performance Index (PAPI) survey, conducted by the UN Development Programme.
Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will fund a 4.3 million AUD (2.8 million USD) project training a group of “animal disease detectives” in 11 countries and territories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, including Vietnam.
The Forum on Women’s Empowerment in the Foreign Service in the Digital Age, co-organised in Hanoi on October 3 by Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, adopted a joint statement.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade co-organised a forum in Hanoi on October 3 to promote women’s empowerment in the foreign service in the digital age.
Science, technology and innovation should be defined as a foundation for Vietnam to push forward rapid and sustainable development, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
The Italian Embassy in Hanoi will organise the Italian Design Day, themed ‘future city’, and a seminar on cultural preservation on March 22, according to Italian Ambassador Antonio Alessandro.
Diplomatic tensions related to worker abuses between the Philippines and Kuwait continue escalating with the Southeast Asian nation showing its dissatisfaction with Kuwait’s expulsion of the Filipino Ambassador on April 25.
The Philippines urged over 6,000 remaining undocumented Filipino workers in Kuwait to enlist in the government's programme to fly them home for free or face deportation.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met Norway’s Foreign Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide and Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland Ciaran Cannon on November 21 on the sidelines of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar.
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