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The Vietnam-Laos relations have been growing since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1962, especially after the signing of the Vietnam-Laos Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in Quarter 1 increased 7.38 percent, the highest growth rate for Q1 over the past ten years.

The first three months of 2018 saw strong rises in export volume and value of key farm produce such as rice, tea, cashew nuts, vegetables and cassava products.

A training course on professional skills for journalists and reporters of centrally-run press agencies and localities of Laos opened in the capital city of Vientiane on April 2.

The newly-signed Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has many new features compared to its predessor of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

February is the World Wetlands Day. The World Wetlands Day 2018 has the theme "wetlands for a sustainable urban future".

Agro-forestry-fisheries export value was estimated at 3.09 billion USD in January, up 25.9 percent year-on-year.

In January 2018, Vietnam hosted 1.43 million foreign tourists, up 42 percent over the same period last year.

Since the establishment of the ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership, bilateral trade expanded from 2.9 billion USD in 1993 to 76 billion USD in 2017. ASEAN is India’s fourth largest trading partner.

In recent years, ASEAN - India strategic relations have thrived across the 3 pillars of politics-security, economics, socio-cultural issues.

Poland is Vietnam's No.1 trade partner in Central Eastern Europe and Vietnam is Poland's seventh largest trade partner outside the EU.

The bilateral relations between Vietnam and Australia are growing in a fast, practical and effective manner.

In the last 11 months of 2017, total FDI to Vietnam rose 82.8 % on year to 33.09 billion USD.

The central city of Da Nang was said to be the best place to live in Vietnam with many world-recognised records.

In the first 9 months of 2017, the index of industrial production (IIP) grew 7.9 percent from the same period last year.

The Consumer CPI in the first nine months of the year grew 3.79 percent year on year.

Export turnover in the first 9 months of 2017 enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 19.8 percent, while import value was up 23.1 percent, resulting in trade deficit of 500 million USD.

According to the Economic Committee of the National Assembly, 33 SOEs have their equitisation plans approved in the first eight months of 2017, with total real value put at 80,600 billion VND.

In the past, Hungary organized many activities to suport Vietnam under the movement called “Vietnam, we are always beside you”. The two countries’ relations have grown strongly today.

According to the General Department of Vietnam Customs, combined export values of ten key products during Jan-Aug reached 96.83 billion USD, accounting for 71.71 percent of the nation's total amouont.