Its membership in the dynamically developing group ASEAN will make Vietnam a partner sought after by many countries in 2012. ASEAN countries should continue to be among the world’s economic recovery leaders this year. Six ASEAN members – Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines – are forecast to achieve 6 percent growth over the [...]
Education cooperation will be one of important pillars in the bilateral relationship between Vietnam and the US. Vietnam’s ambassador to the US, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, made this statement at the ninth conference of the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) held in Shreveport, Lousiana from January 3-5. Ambassador Cuong met with Vietnamese students studying in the US [...]
Vietnam will increase its trade and investment ties with Laos, aiming to raise two-way trade to US$1 billion in 2012 and US$2 billion in 2015, says Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. Mr Phuc made the commitment at a meeting with Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong in Vientiane on January 8. He said bilateral trade [...]
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Vinh and Singaporean Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs Bilahari Kausikan co-chaired the sixth political consultation in Singapore on Thursday. At the meeting, the two sides expressed their pleasure at the rapid and strong development of the two countries’ friendship and comprehensive cooperation, especially after the official visit to Vietnam by [...]
The third Vietnam Summit on foreign economic relations, titled “A new path into a new world,” will be held at Sheraton Hotel in Hanoi on January 11, 2012. The summit co-organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the UK Economist Group, is expected to attract around 300-400 delegates, including leaders from the Government, ministries, [...]
A Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) business forum was held in Hanoi on December 15, aimed at enhancing economic exchanges and introducing economic policies and corporate social responsibility of the two countries Addressing the function, RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Ha Chan Ho expressed his pleasure at the strong development of bilateral investment and trade between Vietnam [...]
Vietnamese businesses will have a good opportunity to introduce their products to German and other European Union (EU) consumers at Vietnam Week in Germany, scheduled for June 6-16. The event aims to promote Vietnamese trademarks and stimulate the consumption of Vietnamese goods in the EU, as well as helping Vietnamese businesses secure a firm foothold [...]
Goods exchange between Vietnam and France has achieved a rather high growth rate over the past two years. Two-way trade value is estimated to reach 2.2 billion euro in 2011, an increase of 10.9 percent from a year earlier. Of the figure, Vietnam’s exports to France reached 1.6 billion euro, up 18.5 percent over last [...]
The southern city of Can Tho will host an exhibition on 10 years of development in the Mekong Delta in April 2012, along with the 37th anniversary celebration of the total liberation of Southern Vietnam. This information was released at a December 12 press briefing held by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, in [...]
Five exhibitions will be held simultaneously at HCM City’s Tan Binh Exhibition and Convention Centre from December 7-10. Around 200 local and foreign businesses will display machinery materials and products used in mining, construction, energy, electricity, packaging, rubber, plastics, wood processing, paper, petrochemicals, paints, and chemicals. Seminars and conferences will be held on the sidelines [...]
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