Vietnam’s southern hub of Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand’s capital Bangkok set up friendship relations, as stated in an agreement signed on April 3, with the aim of bolstering bilateral strategic partnership.

Vietnam’s combined imports and exports with the 33 countries comprising the Latin American market shot up 40.7% on-year to hit US$9.5 billion in three months leading up to April.

Vietnam and Indonesia are determined to raise two-way trade turnover to US$10 billion in 2018 as agreed by the two countries’ leaders.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his Australian counterpart Tony Abbott have agreed to build a joint action plan

Vietnam has initialled a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Republic of Korea (RoK).

It’s not easy finding qualified engineers and mid to high level managers for projects run by Microsoft and Samsung in Vietnam, Navigos managing director Nguyen Van Anh said.

Solidarity among Vietnamese enterprises operating in Russia is vital during the host nation’s current economic recession, as determined during a workshop held in Moscow on March 22.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) announced its decision to allow the use of three genetically modified maize varieties on commercial scale on March 18 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam-Thailand Joint Committee on bilateral cooperation held its second meeting in Hanoi on March 20, during which both sides agreed to raise two-way trade to 15 billion USD in 2020.

Vietnam has plenty of opportunities for exporting its key items- garments and textiles, footwear, wood furniture and agro-fisheries products to Australia.

Emeritus Professor Carl Thayer from the Australian Defence Force Academy has described Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s upcoming visit to Australia as providing a renewed impetus to bilateral relations.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the Emerging Pandemic Threats 2 (EPT-2) programme to support efforts in Vietnam to better prevent

Two-way trade revenues between Vietnam and Malaysia were estimated at US$671.6 million in the first month of 2015

Vietnam needs to comprehensively integrate further into the world with a specific focus on economic integration, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

The countries participating in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement have set a target of concluding TPP negotiations in 2015 and this is within reach.