Vietnam has set its sights on an import-export growth of 10% year-on-year in 2014, with a particular focus on reducing the trade deficit.

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is realised soon, Vietnam’s textile-garment exports to the US could hit around US$10 billion this year, with the number set to double by 2020.

The southern province of Binh Duong attracted US$300 million of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first 20 days of this year alone, three times higher than that of the same period last year.

A delegation from the Hanoi Archdiocese led by its Archbishop Nguyen Van Nhon paid a pre-Tet visit to the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Mass Mobilisation on January 20.

Vietnam remains proactive in international integration, advocating fair and mutual beneficial cooperation with all partners.

President Truong Tan Sang has lauded the Vietnam Union of UNESCO Associations’ achievements in culture, education and science and technology over the past two decades.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said Vietnam is ready to work with the Republic of Korea (RoK) to further accelerate bilateral cooperation in economics, trade, investment and labour. 

Vietnamese Ambassador Doan Xuan Hung has praised the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association in Japan (VYSA) for their contributions to promoting exchanges and cooperation between Vietnam and Japan over the past time.

An exhibition of historical evidence proving Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos opened in the central city of Danang on January 19.

US-based Symantec Corp has freshly announced in Hanoi new additions to its leading technologies that protect organisations, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, from targeted attacks.