Ten winners of the Outstanding Vietnamese Young Faces Award 2018, an annual national award to honour young people at home and abroad who have excelled in various categories, have been announced.
The improved business performance of Vietnamese banks and a Government regulation to require local banks to meet stricter capital regulations as part of Basel II standards is spelling the start of a wave of foreign investment into the country’s finance and banking sector in 2019, experts said.
The Lanexang Assurance Public Company (LAP), a joint venture between the Vietnam Post and Telecommunication Insurance JS Corporation and the Laos Development Bank, recently launched a programme to support Lao students in Sangthong district of the country’s capital Vientiane.
Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Jose Graziano Da Silva has expressed his admiration for Vietnam’s development achievements, especially in poverty reduction and food security.
National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairman Phung Quoc Hien held talks with his Hungarian counterpart Jakab Istvan in Hanoi on January 17, during which Hien affirmed that Vietnam hopes to expand its partnership with Hungary in all fields.
Hoa Sen Corporation shipped 17,000 tonnes of steel sheet worth over 14 million USD to the US on January 10 – the firm’s first batch of exports to the market in 2019.
As Indonesia’s only strategic partner within the ASEAN bloc, Vietnam will always be an important partner to the nation, stated Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P Marsudi in an annual press statement in Jakarta on January 9.
The central city of Da Nang always appreciates the contributions of Japanese enterprises to its socio-economic achievements in 30 years attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam.
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam and the People’s Committee of Can Tho city on November 10 opened the Dutch Cultural Festival with a wide range of activities held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic relations.
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee held a ceremony on September 21 to mark the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Japan diplomatic ties.
The Embassy of Vietnam on September 5 hosted a banquet for about 500 Singaporean guests, foreign diplomats, scholars, and Vietnamese nationals living in Singapore to celebrate the 73rd National Day.
A strategic cooperation deal was signed between Vietnam’s Tan Long Group and six Danish companies in Hanoi on September 5 to apply Denmark’s advanced technologies in local rice and pig production projects.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong arrived at Vnukovo 2 airport in Moscow at noon on September 5, starting an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Government is directing ministries and agencies to raise capital for State-owned commercial banks through the use of dividends or share sales this year, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue said at a recent meeting.
ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) convened their 22nd meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 6.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo in Jakarta on August 5 on the last stop of a three-nation trip to Southeast Asia.
Vietnam is studying effective models to develop housing for its citizens from other countries, including the housing saving bank in Germany, said Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung.
Officials of Vietnam and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) lauded the upbeat outcomes brought about by the EAEU – Vietnam free trade agreement (EAEU – Vietnam FTA) in more than one year and a half since it took effect.
