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Two-way trade between Vietnam and Singapore in the first two months of 2014 enjoyed a year-on-year increase of 20% to reach US$2.2 billion.
Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Nguyen Thien Nhan had a busy day in Singapore on March 28 as he met with a number of local senior officials and attended many diplomatic activities.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh welcomed the new ambassadors of Thailand and Pakistan on separate occasions on March 28 in Hanoi.
Oxfam International in Vietnam on March 28 launched a new project analysing the country’s poverty reduction policies.
Vietnam and Cuba have issued a joint press release on the occasion of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s visit to Cuba at the invitation of President of the State Council and Council of Ministers, Raul Castro Ruz.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung was received by Cuban leader Fidel Castro during his visit to Cuba from March 26-28.
Vietnam is no longer monitored by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) under its on-going global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing compliance process, said a senior official of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).
Border guards in the central province of Quang Tri and police from the southern Lao Savannakhet province on March 27 arrested two Lao people trafficking 6,000 pills of synthetic drugs into Quang Tri’s Huong Hoa district.
The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) on March 27 officially introduced Spanish coach Bruno Jose Formoso as the head of the men’s national futsal (indoor football) team, and revealed the target of entering the list of top eight Asian futsal teams.
Indonesia shared its experiences in reforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs) with Vietnam at a workshop held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in Hanoi on March 27.