Vice Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thi Hong received visiting Myanmar Deputy Minister for Border Affairs MaungMaungOhn in the city on December 6.
A series of activities have been taking place in Hanoi from December 4-8 to mark the “Day of Loyalty and Love for Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez and the Fatherland” of Venezuela (December 8).
Vietnamese and Chinese Governmental negotiating delegates on border and territory gathered at a plenary session in Hanoi on December 5-7.
A ceremony to welcome the 12 millionth passenger to Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi was held on December 5.
The Lotte retail group from the Republic of Korea on December 5 put into operation its Lotte Mart in the central province of Binh Thuan, bringing the total number of its stores in Vietnam to six.
The head of the Vietnamese delegation at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)’s ninth ministerial conference in Bali, Indonesia, has affirmed Vietnam’s political will and determination to pursue and support the multilateral trade mechanism within the WTO framework.
Vietnam’s cultural policy profile, as part of the International Database of Cultural Policies, was unveiled at a forum on innovative industry strategy in Hanoi on December 5.
The central city of Danang has officially become a member of the 100 Resilient Cities network initiated by US-based Rockefeller Foundation.
Development partners have committed to maintaining their assistance level to Vietnam in 2014 as that pledged in 2013, although the country has risen to middle-income status, Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh has said.
A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) attended the 64th General Assembly of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) that opened in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on December 5.