UN Population Fund’s Chief Representative in Hanoi Bruce Campbell and Vice Chief Representative Mandeep K. O’Brien were presented with insignias “For the Cause of Culture, Sport and Tourism” at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 9.
Vietnam hopes to integrate extensively and comprehensively with the world, focusing on international economic integration, said Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Luong Thanh Nghi.
Businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) currently operating in Vietnam’s northern province of Vinh Phuc have funded the construction of several community facilities in the locality.
The Kim Thanh international border gate No. 2 linking Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai and China’s Yunnan province was officially open to traffic on November 8.
The government has given the green light to a US$300 million solar panel manufacturing plant in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.
Thien Nam Investment and Development JSC and Sunrise Shangzhou textile company of China have inked a joint venture agreement to establish Thien Nam Sunrise Textile JSC.
The Vietnam Red Cross (VRC) presented the “For the Cause of Vietnam’s Red Cross” insignia to two senior officials of Red Cross organizations in Vietnam in recognition of their contributions to charitable and humanitarian activities in Vietnam.
Visiting Uruguayan Vice President Danilo Astori has expressed his wish for Vietnam to choose Uruguay as a gateway to export goods to the Common Market of South America (Mecosur).
Cuba wants to further strengthen friendship and cooperation with Vietnam, said Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC)’s Central Committee, Jose Ramon Balaguer.
Eighteen Vietnamese crew who survived the sinking of Saigon Queen on October 30 were flown home on Singapore Airlines on November 6 and 7.