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Vietnam is one of the six countries most vulnerable to climate change, said a report released by Germanwatch – a German environmental organisation.

Vietnam always attaches importance to expand friendship and cooperation with Caribbean countries, including Haiti, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh has said.

Following Vietnam’s ratification of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), many Latin American countries have arrived in Vietnam to seek business opportunities.

The Latin America is a promising market for Vietnamese firms, as heard the Vietnam – Latin America trade and investment forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 13.

Viettel Global Investment JSC, a subsidiary of Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, reported revenue of 4,428 billion VND (188.6 million USD) and profit of 1,342 billion (57.1 million USD) in the third quarter of 2018, increases of 5 and 8 percent year-on-year.

Designers from lesser-known fashion industries such as Haiti, Turkey and Colombia will participate in the Vietnam International Fashion Week (VIFW) – Fall/Winter 2018, which is schedule to take place in Hanoi from October 25 to 27.

Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Laos Asia Telecom, sets to provide high-speed Internet access to 80 percent of the Lao population by 2020, according to Unitel General Director Cao Anh Son.

Members of the International Organisation of Francophonie (OIF), including Vietnam, affirmed the importance of multilateral organisations in maintaining global peace and stability at the 17th Francophonie Summit, held in Yerevan capital of Armenia, on October 11 and 12.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on October 11 met with several other attendees on the sidelines of the ongoing 17th Francophonie Summit in Yerevan, Armenia.

The UN peacekeeping sapper units of Vietnam and Japan have been exchanging experiences under a programme that officially kicked off in Hanoi on August 21.

Vietnam’s representative at the World Miss Tourism Ambassador 2018, Phan Thi Mo, has triumphed over 50 other contestants from around the world to win the Best Designer Bikini in the Preliminary Bikini Competition at the beauty pageant.

Mytel, Viettel’s mobile company in Myanmar, has signed up more than two million subscribers in just one month since officially starting operations.

Vietnamese firms invested 222.48 million USD in 67 newly-licensed projects abroad in the first six months of 2018, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam stands ready to step up relations with Haiti, Vietnamese Ambassador to Cuba and Haiti Nguyen Trung Thanh affirmed while presenting his credentials to Haitian President Jovenel Moise during his trip to the Caribbean Sea nation from June 11-16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on June 11, concluding his trip to Canada to attend the G7 Outreach Summit from June 8-10 and for a visit of Canada at the invitation of his Canadian counterpart Justine Trudeau.

Vietnamese enterprises invested nearly 184.7 million USD in overseas projects in the first five months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has had bilateral meetings with leaders of many G7 nations and guest countries attending the G7 Outreach Summit in Quebec, Canada.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed establishing an expanded cooperation forum between the Group of Seven (G7) and coastal nations in combating climate change and sea level rise, and protecting the marine ecology.

Vietnamese enterprises invested nearly 184.7 million USD in overseas projects in the first five months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Vietnamese firms have had a lot of success while investing in foreign markets.