The COVID-19 pandemic has had a heavy impact on every aspect of life in 2020, and the global economy had been especially hard hit. The Vietnam News Agency has selected the ten most significant global economic issues during the year.
Thailand’s CAT Telecom is partnering with members of the Asia Direct Cable Consortium (ADC) to build a 9,400-km international submarine cable to serve global content providers in Digital Park Thailand, and provide advanced technologies and 5G services in Southeast Asia.
Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem received Vice Governor of China’s Guangdong province Ouyang Weimin on August 28, voicing his hope for stronger ties.
Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has asked the Chinese province of Guangdong to import more Vietnamese products, especially farm produce such as rice, fruit and milk.
Chairman of Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung has suggested that China’s Guangdong province encourage more enterprises in Guangdong and other Chinese localities to invest in Hanoi in the coming time.
Up to 260 businesses from Vietnam and China will take part in the 2019 China (Guangdong) - Vietnam Import and Export Fair, slated to be held at the Hanoi International Centre for Exhibition in the capital city from August 28-30.
The excavation of an ancient wrecked ship off of Dung Quat Harbour in Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, has been halted to consult the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan met with Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Wang Yang in Beijing on July 12, as part of her official visit to China.
A forum on promoting investment and trade cooperation between Vietnam and China took place in Guangdong, China on June 25 as part of activities in the framework of the 7th conference reviewing cooperation between Vietnam’s ministries and localities and Guangdong.
Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung and Vice Governor of China’s Guangdong province Ouyang Weimin co-chaired the seventh conference reviewing cooperation results between Vietnam’s ministries and localities and the Chinese province in Guangzhou city from June 23-25.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on June 21 cabled a message of sympathy to Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi over recent natural disasters causing human and property losses.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 19 sent his sympathy to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang over the human and property losses in China caused by recent major natural disasters.
National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, budget airlines Jetstar Pacific and Vietjet Air, and Da Nang’s tourism promotion centre are introducing Vietnam’s outstanding tourism products at the 33rd International Travel Expo in China’s Hong Kong (ITE-Hong Kong 2019) from June 13-16.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc received leaders of a number of foreign enterprises on April 26 in Beijing as part of the activities in his trip to the country to attend the ongoing second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
Naval forces from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China concluded a joint maritime drill in Zhanjiang city, Guangdong province, southern China, on October 27.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China launched the first-ever maritime exercise off the coast of Zhanjiang city, southern Guangdong province on October 22.
The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Mangkhut has climbed to 81 and could hit a triple-digit figure as searchers are still looking for missing people, Philippine authorities said on September 19.
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