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Vietnam has seen strong progress in its multilateral external relations, which has significantly contributed to enhancing status and strength of the country.

During more than 70 years of development, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has grown to become a trustworthy national information centre and a prestigious news agency in the region.

“Vietnam’s being chosen as the host of the US-DPRK Summit shows that the world highly values the country,” Dr. Le Dinh Tinh said.

Vietnam wants to contribute to the process of peace, reconciliation and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula in a positive and responsible manner, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said the hosting of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam contributes to realising the motto “Vietnam is an active and responsible member of international community” set by the 11th National Party Congress in 2011.

The Vietnamese Government will continue to support and solidify legal regulations on cashless payment systems, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told Anthony Tan, CEO and co-founder of Grab – a ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia which has been popular in Vietnam over the past five years.

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF) 2018, themed “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”, wrapped up on September 13 after three working days with nearly 60 discussions.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomed his Lao counterpart Thongloun Sisoulith in Hanoi on September 13 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN).

Vietnam holds aspirations to become a country with prosperous development, inferior to no other countries’ in the world, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at the Vietnam Business Summit in Hanoi on September 13.

CEO of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) Secretariat Pham Tuan Phan has appreciated Vietnam’s contributions to and cooperation with the commission while being received by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi on September 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Danish beer maker Carlsberg to expand its investment in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 12 for Carlsberg CEO Cees‘t Hart.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 12 received Alex Dimitrief, President and CEO of General Electric Company (GE)’s Global Growth Organisation, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN (WEF ASEAN) 2018 in Hanoi.

The World Economic Forum on ASEAN kicked off in Hanoi on September 12. The event is themed “ASEAN 4.0: Entrepreneurship and the Fourth Industrial Revolution”

A book on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in the Vietnamese language has been launched on the occasion of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF on ASEAN 2018).

A gala night featuring Vietnamese culture will take place in Hanoi on the night of September 12 during a banquet for delegates to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN).

The “Colours of Vietnam” programme recently took place in the city of Yangon in Myanmar on the occasion of the 73rd National Day (September 2) and the first anniversary of the upgrade of Vietnam-Myanmar ties to the level of comprehensive partnership.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his wish that US enterprises strong in digital economy will enhance cooperation and transfer technology to Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 10 for Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam Adam Sitkoff.

The 2018 US-Vietnam Business Summit was jointly held in Hanoi on September 10 by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AMCHAM).

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisulith will lead a Lao delegation to the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN) to be held in Hanoi from September 11-13, said Laos’ Pasaxon newspaper on September 7.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh on September 4 met representatives from businesses sponsoring the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 (WEF ASEAN) slated for September 11-13 in Hanoi.