A trade working group within the framework of the Ministerial-level Vietnam-Australia Economic Partnership Meeting convened an online meeting on October 27.

VOV.VN - Originally launched three years ago, the Research Development Program (RDP) is a community-based initiative launched through the Vietnam Knowledge Network iVANet with the aim of connecting, honouring, and developing the careers of Vietnamese post-graduates and new PhD candidates.

VOV.VN - The past ten months has witnessed local firms invest in 13 new projects throughout Australia whilst increasing capital for two projects, with total newly registered and additional investment capital reaching US$101.8 million, accounting for 21.3% of the nation’s total outward investment capital.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh and New Zealand’s Deputy Secretary Trade and Economic Vangelis Vitalis co-hosted the seventh meeting of the Joint Trade and Economic Commission (JTEC) between the two nations and on October 23 via an online platform.

SunRice CEO Rob Gordon, head of Australia’s largest rice supplier, has announced that Australia is suffering a massive shortage of domestic rice supplies and would be forced to rely on imported Vietnamese rice in the lead up to Christmas 2020.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on October 7 safely repatriated nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Australia and New Zealand due to the impact of the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - The nation’s infection tally has climbed to 1,099 after one imported case from Australia was confirmed to contract the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health reported on October 7.

VOV.VN - Fruit and vegetable exports suffered a fall of 11% on-year to US$2.5 billion during the opening nine months of the year, despite the country's market share of fresh coconuts to Thailand enjoying a sharp increase, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - Singapore has unilaterally decided to lift its border restrictions and allow visitors travelling from both Vietnam and Australia, with the exception off the state of Victoria, to visit the island nation as of October 8, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS).

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN, WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, called on the Vietnamese community in Switzerland to make more contributions to the homeland as well as cooperation between the two countries.