VOV.VN - The nation’s largest music event, the Monsoon Music Festival (MMF), is set to participate in the ASEAN Music Showcase Festival 2021 as one of newcomers alongside Cambodia, in an event which will be held virtually between September 11 and September 13.

Vietnam is emerging as a promising trade and investment destination for the business community in Italy’s Sicily region, as heard at a forum aimed at connecting Vietnam and Sicily held on July 14-16.

The Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Committee in coordination with the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic has held a webinar to introduce the electronic customs of the European country.

VOV.VN - The nation currently runs a relatively high trade deficit of wood products from Russia, with a turnover of up to US$13 million.

Ten more young Vietnamese have been chosen to become Vietnam’s ambassadors of vocational skills this year by the General Department of Vocational Training under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Minister of National Defence Gen. Phan Van Giang hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 14 for Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Denny Abdi.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue received Philippine Ambassador Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre in Hanoi on July 14.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue held online talks with Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore Tan Chuan-Jin on July 14.

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN - US Foreign Ministerial Meeting held virtually on July 14 under the co-chair of Lao Foreign Minister Saleumsay Kommasith and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

More than 63.4% of respondents in a survey conducted by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) said they want to go to Vietnam for sightseeing, and a high percentage of those who had visited the country (over 70%) want to go again.