VOV.VN - A further auxiliary border gate has been opened between Laos' Houaphanh province and Son La province in the northwest of the country from mid-December as a means of facilitating greater trade exchange between the two neighbours.

VOV.VN - A traditional market at Tan Thanh border gate in the northern province of Lang Son appears quiet these days amid fears surrounding the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), although business has started to pick up ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

VOV.VN - The 20th Vietnam-China border trade fair is set to get underway in the Chinese province of Yunnan on December 12 in an online format.

VOV.VN - The world’s leading global shopping platform Amazon Global Selling hosted an online e-commerce seminar on Dec. 8 – 9 to showcase Vietnamese goods to consumers worldwide.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been detained for organising illegal border crossings for individuals attempting to enter the country from Cambodia, according officials of the Long Binh border gate in An Giang province.

The General Assembly of the United Nations is holding a special session on COVID-19 response from December 3-4 in New York. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent his remarks to the session. Following is the full text.

VOV.VN - Densavan district of Savanakhet province in Laos was hit by a huge explosion along the Vietnam-Laos border at 9 a.m. on December 3, leaving two Lao nationals dead and six others injured, including four Vietnamese people.

Cross-border transactions are in the crosshairs as Decree 126/2020/ND-CP - the latest regulation on tax administration - is to come into effect on December 5, said senior tax officials in a recent press conference.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos used the 30th annual border meeting held on November 30 in Vientiane to consent to proposing that their respective governments allow the resumption of the clearance of goods at main and secondary border gates.

Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, Head of the Vietnamese Mission in Geneva, has called on Thailand to enhance transparency in regulations in areas regarding cross-border trade.