Vietnam made a 3-0 victory over Laos at Hanoi’s My Dinh stadium on November 25, moving on track for a semi-final berth in the 2014 Southeast Asian Football Championship - AFF Suzuki Cup.
The upcoming official visit to Vietnam by Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is expected to bolster the strategic partnership between the two countries.
Italy will provide Vietnam with EUR15 million in soft loans to help increase the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SOEs) in southern localities, an official from the Italian Embassy in Vietnam said on November 25.
The eighth Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam (CLV) Development Triangle Summit in the Lao capital city Vientiane issued a joint statement on November 25, reiterating their commitment to further deepening the comprehensive cooperation among the three countries on the basis of their traditional friendship, solidarity, cooperation and good neighbourliness.
Vietnam has realised that the use or reference of names or marks of product origin (Geographical Indication, GI) is vital to increasing economic value and competitiveness of products, said the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnamese Government on November 25 signed a 50 million USD loan agreement to upgrade the country’s tourism infrastructure, boost tourist spending, and create more jobs for poor and ethnic minority communities.
A Vietnam-Azerbaijan energy workshop was held in Hanoi on November 25 to promote connection between the two countries in the field.
A visiting delegation from the Brazil-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group visited the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) on November 25 during which they expressed their sympathy and support for Vietnamese AO victims.
President of the Cambodian National Assembly Heng Samrin received a delegation of the Government Inspectorate of Vietnam led by Deputy Inspector General Nguyen Duc Hanh in Phnom Penh on November 24.
Singapore continues its close cooperation with Vietnam to realise their bilateral strategic partnership, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said.