The Vietnamese Government has attached much importance to relations with Yunnan province, and agreed to increase the exchange of high-level delegations and step up bilateral cooperation in tourism, culture and science-technology, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said.
Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem finished ninth, while his teammate GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son came 14th at the FIDE Grand Swiss 2019 chess tournament which concluded in England on October 21.
Ambassador Nguyen Nguyet Nga asked Vietnamese diplomats to adapt to challenges and opportunities during the digital era at the 14th annual conference of deans and directors of ASEAN+3 diplomatic training institutes held in Hanoi on October 23.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will ensure the supply-demand balance of essential commodities for the Tet (Lunar New Year) of 2020 and implement a programme on keeping goods in stock for market stabilisation.
Vietnam always takes the United Nations (UN) as a top priority in the country’s foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh said on October 23.
The Vietnam Airlines Corporation has decided to increase the salary of pilots on Boeing B787 and Airbus A350 by 22 percent, nine months ahead of schedule.
Tax chiefs from 17 Asia-Pacific countries and territories, including Vietnam, began their annual talks in Indonesia to discuss a digital tax and how to tackle the issue of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).
Vietnam has moved to the 62nd place in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2019 as compared to the 64th position in 2018 thanks to the Government’s measures to end hunger and children’s malnutrition.
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee held a meeting on October 23 with families of victims of the crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX jet last October ahead of the release of the final report.
The Quan Doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) daily and the Association of Vietnamese Soldiers and Experts in Laos held a symposium in Hanoi on October 23, stressing the inevitability and the need of the Vietnam-Laos combatant alliance.
Measures to boost cooperative ties between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the fields of trade, investment, labour, environment, infrastructure, science-technology, banking-finance, among others were discussed at the 17th meeting of the Vietnam-RoK Inter-Governmental Committee for Economic and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in Hanoi on October 23.
The mega infrastructure project North-South Expressway has started inviting domestic enterprises to apply for bidding, a month after the Ministry of Transport ruled foreign companies ineligible to participate in the project.
During a working session with Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Elsbeth Akkerman in Hanoi on October 23, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung spoke highly of the effective cooperation between the two sides in various field, especially culture.
French Ambassador to Vietnam Nicolas Warnery honoured two Vietnamese scholars within the framework of the Franconomics international forum 2019 held in Hanoi on October 23.
Spanish laundry services start-up Mr Jeff has announced plans to license 30 franchisees this year with the first 15 to open in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and An Giang.
Vietnamese actor Nguyen Song Luan has won the Best Actor in a Leading Role Award granted by the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2019, for his role as captain Duy Kien in Vietnamese-version ‘Hau Due Mat Troi’ (Descendants of the Sun).
Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways has announced that it will open a direct route between Cam Ranh city in the south central province of Khanh Hoa and Incheon city in the Republic of Korea (RoK) from November 15.
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