The Vietnamese team brought home gold medals in several events during the first competition day at the 13th ASEAN School Games (ASG) in the central city of Da Nang on June 4.

The narrowing of the gap between domestic and global gold prices may further pull down the selling price of SJC-branded gold bullion of state-owned commercial banks and Saigon Jewelry Company (SJC) in the near future, Dao Xuan Tuan, Director General of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s Foreign Exchange Management Department, has said.

The Economic and Science Promotion Agency of Gyeonggi-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) announced on June 5 that it has completed a pilot project to support businesses from northern provinces and cities in connecting with Vietnam.

The wave of innovative start-ups in Vietnam has developed at “dizzying” speeds, attracting the attention of many domestic and foreign investors, a seminar, entitled 'Investment Policies for Start-ups' in Hanoi heard on June 3.

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the committee's Commission for Information and Education Nguyen Trong Nghia made a working trip to Morocco from May 29 – June 3, which was met with enthusiasm from the host officials.

Head of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee's Inspection Commission and the Central Anti-Corruption Commission of Laos and President of the Lao State Inspection Authority Khamphan Phommathat held separate working sessions in Hanoi on June 4 with leaders of Vietnamese leading enterprises.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has suggested Vietnamese enterprises further learn about Thai consumers’ taste and the country’s regulations and technical standards to boost exports to this market.

Electronics maker Casper Vietnam has officially become the gold sponsor of television streaming application TV360’s broadcasting of UEFA EURO 2024 in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade will focus on enhancing consumer protection in order to maintain sustainable e-commerce development, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien said at the National Assembly’s question and answer session on June 4.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) on June 4 issued an announcement inviting overseas Vietnamese (OVs) to register for attendance in the fourth World Conference of OVs and the 2024 forum of OV intellectuals and experts that are slated to take place from August 21-28.