Singaporean President Halimah Yacob met with Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah on March 21 within the framework of her state visit to Malaysia.
Policy advocacy will be promoted, along with efforts to call for financial and human resources for the prevention and control of malaria, parasitic and insect-transmitted diseases to successfully eliminate malaria in Vietnam by 2030, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health and PATH, a global non-profit organisation on public health, in Hanoi on March 22.
Impact-based forecasting and warning information plays a very important role, contributing to disaster damage reduction and socio-economic development, experts said at an international workshop in the northern province of Hoa Binh on March 22.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the youth of Vietnam to play a pioneering role while chairing a hybrid dialogue with young people nationwide on March 22.
The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City hosted a get-together on March 22 with representatives of the Muslim community in the city on the occasion of Ramadan month - the month of fasting for Muslims.
E-visa holders might be able to stay in Vietnam for up to 90 days, three times longer than the current 30 days, according to a proposed amended Law on Foreigners’ Entry into, Exit from, Transit Through, and Residence in Vietnam.
The Financial Services Authority (OJK) of Indonesia, as the chair of the 2023 ASEAN Capital Market Forum (ACMF), is optimistic that ASEAN can achieve fast, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth.
A mobile exhibition of maps and materials testifying to Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa was opened by authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on March 22.
Vietnam needs to have support policies for developing new tourism products and services capable of attracting high-spending international visitors, said insiders.
Vietnam was the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s fourth largest supplier of rubber in the first two months of 2023, according to the Import-Export Department under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
Supporting start-ups in building coffee shops in the Republic of Korea (RoK) is among the recommendations by the Vietnam Trade Office in the RoK to help spread the Vietnamese coffee culture in this country, thus contributing to boosting the export of the product.
Indonesia's parliament on March 21 passed into law an emergency decree of President Joko Widodo in order to reinforce regulations on investment and jobs in the Southeast Asia’s largest economy.
Brand-new automobiles will be exempt from the first mechanical check under a revised circular on technical safety and environmental protection promulgated by the Ministry of Transport.
Textile and garment businesses in Vietnam are taking steps to switch to green production to meet partners’ demand and achieve sustainable development, the Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper reported.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is chairing a dialogue with the youth in Hanoi on March 22 under the theme “building high-quality young workforce to meet Industry 4.0 era”.
Culture in all its forms and expressions can accelerate human development, said the UN Women Country Representative, Elisa Fernandez Saenz, at an event in Hanoi on March 21 to honour the role of women in development.
Malaysian Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fadzil said his country has the potential to become the leading digital hub of choice in Southeast Asia for foreign technology-based firms.
Over the past 50 years, Vietnam and Belgium have enjoyed fruitful partnership across all fields from politics, diplomacy to economy, culture and people-to-people exchange, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg Nguyen Van Thao.
Vietnam is willing to share its experience as well as work closely with other ASEAN member countries to continue promoting the ASEAN-EU strategic partnership, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.
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