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Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc received Professor Claire Macken, General Director of Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) Vietnam, on June 6.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has pointed out the need to develop high-quality human resources as development models in the world are shifting in the direction of green, low-carbon, and circular economy in the post-COVID-19 period.

Vietnamese footballer Nguyen Quang Hai has ended his contract with the French side Pau FC one year ahead of schedule.

The year-on-year inflation rate in Laos declined to 38.86% in May, down from 39.89% in April, according to the Lao Statistics Bureau.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)'s E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency (iDEA) said it will coordinate with Amazon Global Selling to organise a cross-border e-commerce conference, which is expected to help Vietnamese businesses seek online export opportunities.

Ben Tre province aims to become the Mekong Delta’s top three in terms of export turnover by 2030.

Indonesian Transportation Ministry on June 5 announced that students, elderly, and disabled people will be offered a special rate in the earlier free buy-the-service (BTS) programme, or called as "Teman Bus" service, operational in 10 selected cities.

A package worth about 23 trillion VND (980 million USD) from the Unemployment Insurance Fund is designated to offer workers further support, Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc said at National Assembly’s Q&A session on June 6 morning.

An international seminar on socialism in Vietnam and China as well as its contributions to the world took place in Hanoi on June 6.

The official Vietnam visit by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been a success, a sign that bilateral relationship will continue to flourish in the future, said co-founder of the Australia-Vietnam Policy Institute Layton Pike.

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Vu Chien Thang held talks with visiting Vice President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC)’s Central Committee Chanpheng Sutthivong in Hanoi on June 6, focusing on exchanging experience in State management over religious affairs.

About 566km of expressways have been constructed since 2020, increasing the total length of highways in the country to 1,729km, according to a recent report from the transport ministry.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) presented the commemorative medal “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam Marinela Petkova at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 6, as she is finishing her tenure here.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has hailed the Vietnamese community in France for their practical contributions to the homeland.

Vietnam has won two more gold medals, both from weightlifting, at the ongoing 12th ASEAN Para Games in Cambodia on June 6.

The relations between Vietnam and Turkey have seen unexpected achievements in the past 45 years, and there is potential to lift the bilateral ties to a new height, Vietnamese Ambassador to Turkey Do Son Hai has said.

Some 77% of Vietnamese consumers believe they could go cashless for three days, according to a new survey by Visa entitled “Consumer Payment Attitudes Study 2022”.

The first official-channel shipment of Vietnamese lychee imported by the UK’s TT Meridian Ltd has arrived in the UK.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has sent a working group to China’s Guangxi and Yunnan provinces to seek measures to promote the trading of agro-forestry-fisheries products between Vietnam and China, one of the major export markets of Vietnam, said Deputy Minister Tran Thanh Nam.

The Malaysia Madani Week is set to take place from June 9 to 18 in Ho Chi Minh City to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral relations between Malaysia and Vietnam.