VOV.VN - The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with the Vietnam Small and Medium Enterprises Association (VINASME), held a forum on July 11 connecting overseas Vietnamese businesses in Thailand and Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN+ Police Band Concert 2022 took place in Hanoi on July 9, bringing police music bands from ASEAN member sttes and those from Japan and China.

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened a meeting in New York on July 7 to seek measures to speed up the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and strengthen their partnership.

The inaugural ASEAN-UK Senior Officials’ Meeting (AUKSOM) was held in London on July 6, the first official engagement of both sides’ Senior Officials since ASEAN and the UK established full dialogue partnership in August, 2021.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, permanent representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attended the second meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) in 2022 on July 6 in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai joined with Canada's Deputy Minister of International Trade David Morrison to co-chair the first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) between the nation and Canada, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on July 6.

Vietnam is expected to come out second only to the Philippines in terms of projected GDP for 2022 and on top for 2023, according to a recent Quarterly Update of the ASEAN +3 Regional Economic Outlook.

VOV.VN - ASEAN member states, including Vietnam, have discussed potential measures to attract more tourists moving into the post-COVID period, as well as ensuring safe tourism amid the emergence of new sub-variants.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has sent a thank you letter to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) for successfully organising Group I matches of AFC Cup 2022, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from June 24-30.

VOV.VN - Tran Thanh Man, standing vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA), hosted a reception on July 5 in Hanoi for a delegation from Indonesia’s Regional Representative Council (DPD) led by Sylviana Murin, chairperson of its Committee for Parliamentary Cooperation.