VOV.VN - The eighth session of the Vietnam-Italy Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation was held on May 8 in Rome to review collaboration efforts made so far and to devise new tasks for both sides moving forward.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) in co-ordination with the southern city's working group for foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) held an annual conference with foreign NGOs on April 12 in order to discuss co-operation orientations in the near future.

VOV.VN - The National Trade Promotion Agency of Malaysia (MATRADE) has unveiled that it plans to organise a series of events in multiple fields throughout the year in order to further promote economic ties between Vietnam and Malaysia.

VOV.VN - Le Hoai Trung, secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, on March 22 met with,Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, member of the CPC Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chief of the CPC Central Committee’s Office; and Wang Yi, politburo member and director of the Communist Party of China Central Committee’s Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

VOV.VN - A roundtable meeting was held recently in Potenza city, the capital of Italy’s Basilicata region, with a view to introducing Vietnam to local businesses and exploring economic co-operation potential.

VOV.VN - A conference was held on March 13 in Hanoi to promote trade and investment activities between Vietnam and China’s Shandong locality.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Indonesia launched two tourism connectivity programmes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on February 27 and February 28, aimed at stepping up tourism links.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha welcomes Chinese businesses, including the Power Construction Corporation of China (PowerChina) for their engagement in renewable energy projects and hopes that these projects will become models of effective co-operation.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the France-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFV) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic co-operation in optimizing the medical and pharmaceutical systems to care for people's health.

VOV.VN - Canada is among the top five countries in the world in terms of food production and exports thanks to its leadership in innovation and application of technology in agricultural production, thereby opening up huge potential to build ties with Vietnam, which can also be strong in agriculture.