Vietnam's agro-forestry-aquatic product exports reached US$6.14 billion in March, bringing the total export value in the first quarter of this year to US$15.72 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.1%.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An is committed to creating favourable conditions, improving the investment environment, simplifying administrative procedures, and expanding incentive policies to attract industrial, commercial, and high-tech projects, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Ut.

Politburo member, President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and Chairman of the Central Theory Council Nguyen Xuan Thang hosted Mikhail Efimovich Fradkov, Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), in Hanoi on April 1.

The Department of Dyke Management and Disaster Prevention under the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has sent three staff members to voluntarily join the ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team (ASEAN-ERAT) to assist Myanmar in overcoming consequences of the recent devastating earthquake.

A ceremony for the official clearance of goods at the Sam Pun (Ha Giang province, Vietnam) – Tian Peng (Yunnan province, China) border gate pair was held on March 31, marking a milestone in fostering economic cooperation between the two nations.

The statistics sector started the 2025 enterprise census nationwide on April 1, according to the National Statistics Office of Vietnam (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc has expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation between US and Vietnamese universities to implement joint training programmes while encouraging prestigious universities to establish branch campuses in Vietnam.

The Saigon High-tech Park and Intel Products Vietnam (IPV) organised the Intel strategic parts supplier summit 2025 in Ho Chi Minh City on April 1, aiming to enhance cooperation and develop semiconductor and high-tech supply chains in Vietnam.

The Da Nang Hospital announced on March 31 that its department of neurology – musculoskeletal – clinical hematology has successfully performed an autologous stem cell transplant for a patient with multiple myeloma.

The upcoming official visit to Armenia by National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man is expected to contribute to deepening the two countries’ relations.