The new Indonesian President Joko Widodo spoke highly of the bilateral ties between Indonesia and Vietnam in a meeting with the Head of the Presidential Office Dao Viet Trung, a special envoy sent by President Truong Tan Sang, in Jakarta on October 20.
Senior Lieutenant General Truong Quang Khanh, Deputy Minister of Defence, and Jan Vapaavuori, Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs, agreed to share their experiences in peacekeeping operations in a meeting in Hanoi on October 20.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) is likely to hit US$70 billion by 2020 once their bilateral free trade agreement is implemented, President Truong Tan Sang said.
Vietnamese weightlifter Nguyen Binh An set a new Asian record of 179kg for the men’s 54kg category at the ongoing second Asian Para Games in Incheon, the Republic of Korea, on October 20, securing the 4th gold medal for the Vietnamese team.
The Ebola emergency operations centre (EOC) under the Health Ministry held a meeting on October 19 in a bid to early address Ebola prevention measures concerning Vietnamese current situation.
A week of Italian will be kicked off at 18 Le Phung Hieu st in Hanoi from October 23-30 as part of the 14th edition of the Global Italian Language Week.
Casinos are to be open to Vietnamese citizens aged 21 and above who meet certain background and financial criteria, according to the amendments to the draft decree on casinos that are currently under consideration.
Vietnam is considering changing the amended Housing Law, which is under discussion, to make it easier for foreigners and Vietnamese expatriates to buy houses in the country.
Vietnamese weightlifters will try to secure their Olympic berths at the coming world championships to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from November 4 to 16.
The transport sector has received the largest share of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) loans to Vietnam over the past more than 20 years.