The Vietnamese community in Singapore participated in the Chingay Parade 2025 on February 7-8, which aimed to celebrate the connections between communities, generations, and cultures in the island country.

Chinese electric cars are returning Vietnam under a strategy to enter the market as affordable vehicles built with the latest in technology.

An exhibition is being held at the Cernuschi Museum in Paris showing 150 works by three pioneers of modern Vietnamese art, some of the first students at Indochina School of Fine Arts.

The high-speed ferry service connecting Vung Tau city and Con Dao island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and vice versa was resumed on February 7 by Phu Quoc Express JSC after a 5-month suspension.

State budget revenue from import-export activities in January decreased 11.7% year-on-year to over VND27.66 trillion (over US$1 billion), the General Department of Vietnam Customs reported on February 7.

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien attended the online ASEAN Economic Ministers' special meeting on ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) upgrade negotiations.

Director General of the Vietnam Directorate of Market Surveillance (DMS) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade Tran Huu Linh held a working session with representatives from the US Embassy in Hanoi on February 7 to address violations involving the US’ Sunview-branded raisins in the Vietnamese market.

Vietnam’s tourism industry saw a remarkable recovery in 2024, leading Southeast Asia by recovering to 98% of its pre-COVID level, according to Indonesia’s en.tempo.co.

The Mineral and Geology Law, passed by the 15th National Assembly at its 8th session, will take effect on July 1, 2025. This law is expected to provide a legal framework, enhance the efficiency of State management over mineral resources, and promote geological surveys of minerals and the mining industry.

Building on this tradition, over the past more than seven decades, both countries have made continuous efforts to enhance and consolidate bilateral relations through regular exchanges of high-level delegations, the establishment of the Intergovernmental Committee and regular political consultations.