The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS)’ Institute of African and Middle Eastern Studies and the group of African Ambassadors to Vietnam held an international seminar on promoting African Continental Free Trade Area: opportunities and challenges for Vietnam on May 24.

While Vietnam is ranked 16th among the countries possessing the highest biodiversity globally with rare and precious genetic resources, the country is facing a rapid degradation of biodiversity and other great challenges such as environmental pollution, land degradation, ocean plastic waste and other extreme impacts of climate change.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, and Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

VOV.VN - Vietnam will officially run a carbon trade exchange in 2028, according to a draft project relating to the development of the Vietnamese carbon market as conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s engagement in the coming expanded G7 summit in Hiroshima at the invitation of the Japanese Prime Minister shows the international community’s acknowledgement of the country’s increased role and position globally, has said Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Pham Quang Hieu.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception for Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam Karl Van Den Bossche and Francois Michel, CEO of John Cockerill Group - a mechanical engineering firm of Belgium, in Hanoi on May 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet attended the 79th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 15-16, examining ways to accelerate climate actions for sustainable development.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Do Hung Viet joined with 300 senior officials, researchers, and scholars from more than 30 countries worldwide to attend the sixth Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which took place from May 12 to May 13.

The Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) provides important financial and technological solutions and should also be a target for the implementation of Power Development Plan VIII, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has said.

The People's Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Ben Tre, in collaboration with Standard Chartered Bank, organised a seminar on enhancing competitiveness and promoting sustainable development with ESG (environment, society, and governance) on April 26.