VOV.VN - Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Valdis Dombrovskis, vice president of the European Commission and EU trade commissioner, have co-chaired the opening meeting of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA)'s Trade Committee.

VOV.VN - The nation currently runs a relatively high trade deficit of wood products from Russia, with a turnover of up to US$13 million.

VOV.VN - Vietnam supports the role of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in supporting developing nations, including Vietnam, to promote trade and sustainable development, and reduce impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and improve capacity towards green and sustainable development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hailed contributions by the army to the country's achievements at the national political-military conference for the first six months of 2021 that was held virtually in Hanoi on June 30.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s Hanoi capital will play host to the ninth ASEAN Competition Conference on December 1-2, the Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN, has announced.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on June 23 attended the Asia and Pacific High-level Conference on Belt and Road Cooperation at the invitation of China State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang delivered a speech on strategic views on regional security at the second plenary session of the 9th Moscow Conference on International Security on June 23.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged Vietnam and the UK to continue deepening their bilateral strategic partnership to meet the interests of the two countries and contribute to regional and world peace, stability and cooperation.

The Vietnamese Party and State consider public consensus, responsibility, and social resources as important factors in wiping out the pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference held online on June 10.

US President Joe Biden has sent a letter to President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to thank the Vietnamese leader for his attendance at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the US at the end of April.