VOV.VN - There remains plenty of room for local firms to fully tap into the various Francophone markets throughout Africa due to the large market potential of the 32 countries, coupled with the time-honoured friendship that exists between Vietnam and French-speaking countries in Africa, according to insiders.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired the online ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) on November 10 alongside the Foreign Ministers of other ASEAN members and the ASEAN Secretary General to prepare the framework for the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings which will take place from November 12-15.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has decided to resume activities in Vietnam, having deemed the coronavirus situation to be relatively calm in the country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi informed his ASEAN counterparts on Vietnam’s preparations for the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings at a conference on October 27.

Vietnam’s tuna exports to the Middle East and Africa have seen positive signs since the beginning of the year despite declines in overall seafood exports in the face of COVID-19, First Secretary and Head of the Trade Office at the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt Nguyen Duy Hung said on October 25.

Deputies at the 14th National Assembly on October 24 gave opinions on a draft resolution on Vietnam’s engagement in UN peacekeeping operations, as part of the ongoing NA’s 10th session.

Hoang Binh Quan, Head of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, attended the online International Inter-Party Forum SCO+ (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) on October 22-23.

VOV.VN - Approximately 340 Vietnamese citizens were successfully repatriated on October 20 and October 21 from more than 30 countries in Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

Vietnam is willing to share with South Africa its research and production of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 test kit so that the two nations could together overcome the pandemic, said a Vietnamese official at a virtual discussion which gathered leaders and experts of the two nations’ military medical corps.

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and Indonesia are stressing that the international community should prioritise fostering regional co-operation for the purpose of achieving peace and meeting stability goals, whilst also calling for support to be given to the Great Lakes region in Africa.