VOV.VN - Despite domestic steel consumption dropping considerably due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s iron and steel exports in August recorded an upward trajectory, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The South East Asian Games Federation (SEAGF) Office held a virtual meeting on September 17, with the participation of representatives of 11 national Olympic Committees and members of the SEAGF Office.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Acting Commander of the Vietnam Air Defence - Air Force Lt. Gen Vu Van Kha attended the virtual 18th ASEAN Air Chiefs' Conference (AACC-18) under the chair of Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force Gen. Airbull Suttiwan on September 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Bahrain hold great potential for enhancing their trade and investment ties if they both take advantage of their opportunities ahead, according to Sheik Daij bin Isa Al Khalifa, Chairman of the ASEAN-Bahrain Business Council.

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.