The United Nations-Climate Change Conference COP26 (the 26th Conference of the Parties) is taking place in Glasgow, the United Kingdom, between October 31 and November 12. The UK will be assuming the COP26 Presidency, in partnership with Italy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United Kingdom signed a total of 26 cooperation documents worth billions of US dollars on October 31 during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s current visit to the UK.

Digital technology, if exploited to the maximum, can bring over VND1.733 quadrillion (US$74 billion) to Vietnam by 2030, with the most beneficial sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and food, and education-training.

The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank have jointly held a virtual consultation workshop on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance, with support from the World Bank, the Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs, and the Global Affairs Canada, launched the first set of Public Sector Accounting Standards (VPSASs) in full compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards.

Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank) on October 27 signed a US$200 million loan fund with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC).

VOV.VN - Country Gender Equality Profile Vietnam 2021 (CGEP), the first comprehensive report on the gender equality situation in Vietnam, was released at a meeting on October 26 by the UN Women, the Australian Embassy in Vietnam, the Asian Development Bank and the International Labour Organisation.

The banking sector will provide enough credit to businesses at supportive interest rates this quarter to help revive them, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.

VOV.VN - Three local ports have been listed among the top 50 of the Container Port Performance Index (CPPI), as launched by the World Bank and IHS Markit.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on October 20 signed a US$75 million loan agreement with the Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VP Bank) to promote financial access among women-led enterprises through the Private Sector Investment and Finance (PSIF).