VOV.VN - The Straits Times, a daily English-language broadsheet newspaper in Singapore, ran an article on November 9 that detailed some impressive achievements by the nation in its role as ASEAN Chair 2020.

VOV.VN - Providing that the internal procedures involving all related countries are completed in time, the signing ceremony of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is scheduled to take place on November 15, according to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and General Secretary of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee Nguyen Quoc Dung.

As Vietnam is serving as ASEAN Chair in 2020, many Russian experts have their belief in the Southeast Asian nation’s activeness in promoting ASEAN-Russia cooperative relations.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hopes to strengthen economic, trade and investment co-operation with Thailand, whilst accelerating the signing of co-operation documents between various localities, in addition to calling for combined efforts to elevate annual trade turnover between the two nations to US$20 billion.

VOV.VN - The Australian Government considers Vietnam as one of its key partners in the Indo-Pacific region and wants to lift bilateral relationship to a level of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

VOV.VN - Bilateral relations with Ukraine have undergone remarkable progress in recent years, especially in terms of politics, economics, and trade, according to Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Yenin speaking at a recent meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Ukraine Nguyen Anh Tuan.

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung and his Lao counterpart Thongsavanh Phomvihane co-chaired their fifth political consultation via a video conference on October 29.

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.

VOV.VN - A US mission led by Adam Boehler, chief executive officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), is touring Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar to seek investment opportunities from October 23-27.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has thanked Malaysia for its support and coordination in arranging repatriation flights bringing Vietnamese citizens home during the COVID-19 pandemic.