A ceremony was held in Hanoi on December 23 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Vietnam Alumni Club of Youth Friendship (VACYF) and the 25th year of cooperation between Vietnamese and Japanese youths.
The Sai Gon Hi-tech Park and industrial parks and economic zones in the southern provinces of Long An, Binh Duong, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau will work together to develop supporting industries under an agreement clinched on October 28.
ASEAN and Switzerland on October 16 held the 5th meeting of the ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AS-JSCC), during which the two sides emphasised their commitment to strengthening dialogue partnership in many fields.
The US on September 9 introduced specific cooperation and support programmes for ASEAN member states, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the US-ASEAN Strategic Partnership.
The 12th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and ASEAN+3 ambassadors to ASEAN took place at the ASEAN Secretariat’s headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 27.
Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is keen to implement health care cooperation programmes with Cuba, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee said at a reception for visiting Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz on May 16.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Dang Xuan Dung paid a working visit to Uruguay from April 9-12 to discuss bilateral cooperation programmes between the two countries in 2019.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong gave a reception for newly-accredited Lao Consul General Phimpha Keomixay on March 28.
Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities want to enhance cooperation with France in the fields of the country’s priority and strength such as smart city development, urban management, finance-banking, logistics, trade and tourism, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City Huynh Cach Mang on August 29 urged the Vietnam-Laos Friendship Association (VLFA)’s HCM City chapter and the Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association (LVFA) to increase cooperation programmes and activities.
Daniela Scheetz, Vice Consular General of Germany in Ho Chi Minh City, has lauded contributions made by the Vietnam-Germany Friendship Association in HCM City to enhancing the friendship and cooperation between Germany and Vietnam over the past 25 years.
The People’s Committee of Can Tho city had a working session with Save the Children on July 17 to look into cooperation programmes, especially activities targeting disadvantaged children.
The Low Carbon Agricultural Support Project, using loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), aims to seek a comprehensive solution for livestock waste disposal.
The 10th Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam Summit on Development Triangle Area (CLV-10) took place in Hanoi on March 31 to review the outcomes of trilateral cooperation programmes over the past time and map out development orientations in the next period.
Cooperation in education-training is an important factor helping improve the quality of the Vietnam-India relationship in the long-term, heard a networking seminar and Indian education fair held by the Indian Embassy in Vietnam on March 19.
Ho Chi Minh City hopes to implement cooperation programmes with Cuba in such potential fields as health care, hi-tech agriculture, and food processing.
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong received Israeli Ambassador to Vietnam Nadav Eshcar on November 28 to exchange bilateral cooperation programmes.
Vietnam and Russia should diversify education cooperation programmes for better results in the field , said Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha during a working session with Russian Minister of Education and Science Olga Yurevna Vasylieva on June 28 in Moscow.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has called on France to help Vietnamese localities make the best use of their advantages and build specific cooperation programmes.
Over 200 enterprises from Ho Chi Minh City have poured nearly 68 trillion VND (about 3 billion USD) into 287 projects in the Central Highlands, according to the region’s Steering Committee.
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