VOV.VN - New Zealand’s news website RNZ published an article on March 12 titled "Why we want to be mates with Vietnam," shedding light on Vietnam’s impressive economic growth and its expanding trade ties, including with New Zealand.

Authorities of the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak and the Lao province of Attapeu on March 11 signed a cooperation agreement covering education-training, agriculture, healthcare, culture, sports and tourism, as part of the ongoing 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival.

The International Trade Conference “Connecting and Elevating Vietnamese Coffee” was held in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak on March 11 as part of the 9th Buon Ma Thuot Coffee Festival, seeking ways to improve the value and brand of Vietnamese coffee.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam met with overseas Vietnamese intellectuals in Singapore on March 11 to discuss and listen to petitions and suggestions for development policies, as part of their official visit to the city-state.

Governor of Saint Petersburg Aleksander Beglov has signed a decree naming a square in the northern part of Russia’s second-largest city after President Ho Chi Minh.

VOV.VN - On the morning of March 12 (local time), Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse, Ngo Phuong Ly, attended an orchid-naming ceremony at the National Orchid Garden within the Singapore Botanic Gardens, as part of his official visit to the island city state.

The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) held a seminar in Hanoi on March 11 to release outcomes of its recent research on the country’s gender equality as a driver of sustainable development.

Vietnamese food has drawn much attention from Japanese consumers as it has been featured at the Foodex Japan 2025 - one of the largest international food and beverage exhibitions in Asia, which kicked off in Tokyo on March 11.

The Korean Exchange (KRX) trading system is expected to be operational this May or June, following a testing phase, the State Securities Commission (SSC) has said.

Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and over 200 representatives of the Vietnamese community in Singapore on March 11 evening, as part of his ongoing visit to the island-city state from March 11-13.