The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho is looking to expand comprehensive cooperation with Canada, emphasising the importance of international assistance alongside its own resources and expressing hopes for further joint programmes and projects in trade and economic development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will begin an overseas tour on November 16-24 with a stop in Kuwait, the first visit by a Vietnamese Government leader in 16 years and timed ahead of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties (January 10) next year.

ASEAN’s rapidly growing consumer market continues to present major opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises, though firms are increasingly required to meet higher technical and origin standards.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Kuwait from November 16-18, made at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah, will help open a new stage of development in bilateral relations, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the Middle East country Nguyen Duc Thang.

A business networking forum aimed at strengthening cooperation between Vietnamese and Indonesian enterprises in food, beverages, and the high-potential Halal market was held in Jakarta on November 13, on the sidelines of SIAL InterFOOD 2025.

A delegation from the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by its Deputy Auditor General Doan Anh Tho attended the 8th ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) Summit in Singapore on November 13.

VOV.VN - The 9th High-Level Dialogue on ASEAN-Italy Economic Relations opened in Ho Chi Minh City to promote economic and trade cooperation between the bloc and Italy.

Leading businesses from Vietnam and Italy attended a business-to-business (B2B) networking event held by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on November 12.

Vietnam’s athletes aim to win 40 – 50 gold medals and rank among the top four nations at the 2025 ASEAN Para Games in Thailand next year, according to the Sports Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Vietnam has strong demand for soybeans, corn, cotton, and iron ore to support feed production, textiles, and metallurgy, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Bui Van Nghi during a recent meeting with Mauricio Buffon, President of the Brazilian Association of Soybean Producers (Aprosoja), in Brasilia.