The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has urged industry associations and enterprises to take proactive measures amid escalating tensions in the Middle East that threaten to disrupt transport routes and increase logistics costs.

Vietnamese embassies in the Gulf on February 28 issued urgent notices advising Vietnamese citizens there to limit non-essential travel and avoid security-sensitive locations to ensure their safety.

Ships 09 and 17 of Brigade 171 under Naval Region 2 docked at the brigade’s port in Ho Chi Minh City’s Rach Dua ward on November 25, completing the 39th joint patrol in the Gulf of Tonkin between the Vietnamese and Chinese navies.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah agreed to upgrade Vietnam – Kuwait relations to a Strategic Partnership during talks in Kuwait City on November 17.

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.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang has highlighted the significance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s upcoming official visits to Kuwait and Algeria, attendance at the G20 Summit, and bilateral activities in South Africa.

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.

VOV.VN - Meteorologists forecast that super typhoon Ragasa, currently raging in the East Sea with winds exceeding 200kmh, is likely to weaken before making landfall in Vietnam due to unfavourable conditions.

VOV.VN - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh’s Sept. 23 – 26 visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) demonstrates Vietnam’s strong commitment to advancing its independent and multilateral foreign policy while consolidating its Comprehensive Partnership with the UAE, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the UAE Nguyen Thanh Diep.

VOV.VN - Localities in the Northern and Central regions of Vietnam are expected to endure a spell of heavy rain in the coming days as a tropical depression is moving into the Gulf of Tonkin.