VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh on March 18 visited the London Stock Exchange and held a working session with Julia Holgate, CEO of the London Stock Exchange.

Vietnam has the foundation and potential to successfully build an international financial centre, according to Associate Professor Nguyen Dang Bang, a finance expert at the University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School.

Vietnam does not need to choose between a specialised or a comprehensive regional financial centre but can instead adopt a flexible approach to seize opportunities, said Dr. Ho Quoc Tuan, Senior Lecturer in Finance and Accounting at the UK’s University of Bristol.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City plans to build its international financial centre in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area, covering a total area of 9.2ha, according to the Municipal Department of Science and Technology.

The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) on March 10 said it will lead the establishment of the Australia-Vietnam Strategic Technologies Centre, backed by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology.

VOV.VN - Japan’s traditional drum troupe Bati-Holic is set to go on a performance tour of Vietnam this March after 10 years.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the Cuban Workers' Centre (CTC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on March 8 to commemorate Cuban national hero José Martí Pérez.

VOV.VN - The Government has approved the Ministry of Finance (MoF)’s proposal to draft a National Assembly resolution on the building of two international financial centres in Vietnam.

City International Hospital (CIH) in Ho Chi Minh City on March 1 officially launched its in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) Centre - CIH, offering high-quality and specialised reproductive healthcare services.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Binh has called on the UK to support Vietnam in training personnel for its planned regional and international financial centres in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang.