A workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3 helped businesses identify their potential of resources and all possible support tools on way to achieving sustainable growth. 

President Truong Tan Sang met constituents in Ho Chi Minh City’s districts 1 and 3, easing their concern over a number of socio-economic issues.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh suggested facilitating visits at all levels while greeting new Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Giles Lever in Hanoi on December 3.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung bid farewell to outgoing Russian Ambassador Andrei Kovtun at a reception in Hanoi on December 3, expressing hope that the diplomat, in any position he undertakes in the future, will do his constructive part for the sake of both nations.

Investors attending the 2014 Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) asked the host country to continuously speed up institutional and administrative procedure reforms.

Vietnam should accelerate the implementation of the national tourism occupational skills standards (VTOS) in order to increase the tourism sector’s competitiveness on the eve of the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community, delegates said at a conference in Hanoi on December 3.

A workshop entitled “Access to justice for survivors of gender-based violence: Gaps in policies and implementation” took place in Hanoi on December 3.

Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have provided US$79.2 million in aid for the central province of Thua Thien-Hue since 2003, helping improve the living conditions for local people through a large number of social projects.

Vietnam's financial market needs US$5 billion to US$10 billion to absorb shares of State enterprises to be equitised in the future.

Italy will increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) for Vietnam to EUR30 million (US$37.2 million), Italian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Benedetto Della Vedova said.