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Executive Director of the World Economic Forum Philipp Rosler agreed with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s proposal to communicate Vietnam’s image to the world at WEF forums during their meeting in Hanoi on July 22.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh thanked the Swiss Government for its ODA provision to Vietnam while holding talks with Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter.

The Prime Minister has given his approval for a project to train directors of commercial bank branches from 2015 to 2017, funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Swiss government.

An official dialogue towards the full normalisation of bilateral diplomatic ties between the US and Cuba is likely to be held in Havana in late January 2015, US Assistant Secretary of State in charge of Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta S. Jacobson said on December 18.

A workshop was organised by the Department of Trade Promotion under the Ministry of Industry and Trade in Hanoi on September 30 to discuss the development of regional export plans in a bid to improve export competitiveness for Vietnam’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) via a local trade promotion scheme.

The Vietnamese and Swiss Governments inked an agreement in Hanoi on May 31 to cement their cooperation in improving export competitiveness of Vietnam’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through a local trade promotion system in the 2013-2016 period.

Vietnam and Switzerland will create favourable conditions for their enterprises to boost exchanges and invest in each other’s country.

The Swiss Government will sponsor 11.231 million USD to the second phase of the Program on Public Services Provision Improvement in Agriculture and Rural Development (PS-ARD) in northern Hoa Binh and Cao Bang provinces.

Cooperation between the Government's Competition Authority and regulatory bodies in sectors needs to be promoted to ensure a healthy competitive business environment in Vietnam , says Vu Ba Phu, vice head of the Vietnam Competition Authority (VCA).

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan had separate meetings with a Russian Deputy PM, the Duke of York and the Swiss Minister of Economics on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung hosted separate receptions on June 1 for the visiting Swiss Secretary of State, Martin Dahinden, and the outgoing Indian Ambassador to Vietnam, Lal Thala Muana.

Federal President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard welcomed President Nguyen Minh Triet’s first visit to her country at a time when the two countries’ ties are growing well and the 40 th anniversary of diplomatic ties is approaching.