The 131st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU-131) held in Geneva, Switzerland, approved Vietnam’s proposal on the main topic for IPU-132 with a focus on the role of parliament and the implementation of the post-2015 sustainable development agenda.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has affirmed the Vietnamese Government’s policy of encouraging and facilitating international groups, businesses and investors to operate in Vietnam by improving tariffs and foreign investment procedures in a bid to attract investors.
More opportunities for business cooperation are emerging for Vietnamese and Norwegian businesses, especially once the free trade agreement between Vietnam and the European Free Trade Association, which comprises Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, is signed, a workshop heard on October 15.
Longan fruit from the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre have officially been authorised to enter the United States’ market.
Japan’s IHI Corporation is looking forward to expanding its trading of aircraft engines and space-related products and eying on other business areas in Vietnam, according to IHI CEO and President Tamotsu Saito.
Vietnam’s Defence Academy and the Cambodian Royal Academy of Military should further bolster their training cooperation and experience exchange, so as to improve the quality of officers, a senior officer has said.
Vietnam’s VietJet Aviation Joint Stock Company (VietJet Air) will be giving away 3,000 complimentary tickets on its newest international route between Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and Taipei, Taiwan (China), which will be launched on December 12, 2014.
The People's Committee of the central province Quang Ngai is planning a project to send farmers abroad to participate in study tours and training courses from 2015-2020.
The 2014 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC) was officially launched in Hanoi on October 15.
The People’s Court of southern Tay Ninh province on October 16 sentenced two Cambodian nationals to a total of five years in prison for illegal cross-border money transport.