Maritime cooperation is an essential part of the COVID-19 response and post-pandemic recovery, the 8th Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF), held in both the in-person and online formats on December 15, heard.

VOV.VN - An exhibition featuring photos and documentary films detailing the ASEAN Community is currently being held in the southern province of Binh Phuoc, with the function running for three days from December 15 to December 17.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific at the European External Action Service (EEAS) Gunnar Wiegand have expressed their satisfaction with the comprehensive and extensive development of the Vietnam-EU relationship over the past three decades.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Singapore have agreed to conclude ongoing negotiations of the ‘green lane’ arrangement for business and official travel and resume commercial flights between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Singaporean website futureiot.tech has recently published an article that highlights how over the past 15 years Vietnam has emerged as a strong manufacturing hub in the Asia-Pacific region.

A workshop marking the 10th anniversary of ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF) was held both online and offline in Hanoi on December 14, focusing on ASEAN's cohesive and responsive approach to maritime cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Italy have consented to plans for post-pandemic economic recovery and optimising the benefits from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) as a way of promoting economic ties between the two nations.

Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

The ASEAN Week 2020, which was hosted by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, with a series of cultural, scientific and educational events, has concluded, helping to strengthen ASEAN-Russia exchanges and cooperation.

With the success of the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, Vietnam is not only an active ASEAN member but also a strong, trustworthy and special mainstay, especially at a time when ASEAN has to face challenges like COVID-19 pandemic at present, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.