Vietnam’s wood export is likely to hit about US$14.5 billion this year, lower than the yearly target of US$17 billion, Vice Chairman of the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of Ho Chi Minh City (HAWA) Nguyen Chanh Phuong told a local press conference on September 13.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung met with Head of Russia's Repblic of Sakha (Yakutia) Aisen Nikolaev on September 13 to discuss expanding bilateral cooperation, on the sidelines of the 2023 Eastern Economic Forum (EEF 2023) held in Vladivostok.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in Vietnam is stepping up activities and projects as part of its agricultural cooperation programmes with the Vietnam Agricultural Extension, JICA Deputy Chief Representative Kubo Yoshitomo has said.

VOV.VN - As many as 56 people, including 10 children, have been killed in a mini apartment building fire in Hanoi’s Thanh Xuan district, local authorities confirmed on September 13 evening.

Vietnam and Cuba have maintained a special, pure and faithful relationship, which is a rare one in international relations, Vijay Sakhuja, Director at the Centre for Public Policy Research under Indian Council of World Affairs, said in an article posted on the reporteasia.com website.

Difficulties in securing investment capital, advanced technologies and inadequate skilled labour resources are some of the challenges faced by Vietnam in the implementation of the National Strategy for Green Growth for the 2021-2023 period, with a vision to 2025.

First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee and President of Cuban Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel on September 12 chaired a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro's first visit to Vietnam and the liberated zone in Southern Vietnam (September 1973 - 2023).

Since bilateral diplomatic ties were set up 30 years ago, Vietnam and South Africa have made unceasing efforts to develop substantive and fruitful relations in multiple fields, said Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Sy Cuong.

Vietnam imported 86,749 completely-built automobiles (CBUs) worth over US$2 billion in the first eight months of this year, down 9.8% in both quantity and value compared to the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Science (VASS) held a seminar on Chinese studies in the new context in Hanoi on September 12, on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS).