VOV.VN - Hanoi is scheduled to host the US - Vietnam Business Summit 2020 on October 9 with a range of topics up for discussion, including energy and the state of digital supply chains in the period following the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - New Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide is scheduled to visit both Vietnam and Indonesia in mid-October, with a final decision on the order of events set to be made on the basis of the current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, praised the co-operation activities between the UN Security Council (UNSC) and the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) on September 29 while in attendance at a virtual annual consultation between the two councils.

The 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) is scheduled to be held from November 21 to December 2, 2021 in Hanoi and 10 nearby localities, heard a press conference in the capital city on September 29.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kang Kyung Wha co-chaired the 10th Mekong-RoK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on September 28.

The ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) has recently held the 2020 ASEAN Youth Career Mentorship Programme in the form of a teleconference, where many questions regarding visa, labour market and employment were cleared up.

VOV.VN - Enterprises from a number of EU member countries have already made efforts to take full advantage of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and make moves into the Vietnamese market.

The UN must serve as the “incubator” for multilateral cooperation initiatives for peace, development and prosperity, stated Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong in his first-ever remarks sent to the High-level General Debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25 (Vietnamese time)

VOV.VN - A teleconference was held on September 25 to discuss the implementation of the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), with the trade deal expected to provide new investment and business opportunities for EU businesses in Vietnam.

The sixth ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM) and related meetings will be held via video conference on October 1-2, heard a press conference in Hanoi on September 24.