VOV.VN - Vietnam hopes Russia will accelerate the transfer of vaccine production technology to help it combat COVID-19, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during their phone talks on September 16.

Ministers of ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK, and East Asia sat down together at the virtual 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) - Closer Economic Relations (CER) Consultations on September 15.

VOV.VN - The 39th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM 39) and associated meetings opened with the theme of “We Care, We Prepare, We Prosper”, is underway from September 13 to September 16 via an online format.

VOV.VN - Taiwanese firm GIANT, the world's largest bicycle manufacturer, has unveiled a plan to invest a total of US$50 million in the first phase of a project in order to build its first factory in Vietnam

A Vietnamese delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien attended economic ministerial-level consultation meetings between ASEAN and its partners - the US, Hong Kong (China), India, the European Union and Russia on September 14.

Separate economic ministerial-level consultations between ASEAN and its dialogue partners - China, the Republic of Korea, Switzerland, and ASEAN Plus Three nations - took place virtually on September 13 within the framework of the 53rd ASEAN Economic Ministers' (AEM) Meeting.

Vietnam attaches importance to developing ties with China and considers this as a leading priority in its foreign policy, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi at their meeting in Hanoi on September 11.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh attended the virtual 13th Cambodia - Laos - Myanmar - Vietnam Economic Ministers' Meeting (CLMV EMM 13) on September 10.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attaches great importance to developing cooperative relations with Belgium, an important member of the EU, and wishes to strengthen comprehensive cooperation in all fields and through all channels, says National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

VOV.VN - No country is safe when other nations in the region and throughout the world still fight the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning it is imperative to prioritise close and effective co-operation to repel the pandemic.