VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest economic and financial hub in Vietnam, attracted nearly US$2.9 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first six months of the year, representing a year-on-year rise of 30.7%, according to the Statistics Office of Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Foreign investors poured US$13.4 billion of investment into Vietnam in the first six months of this year, a drop of 4.3% year on year and the lowest figure since 2027, the Ministry of Planning and Investment announced on June 29.

VOV.VN - Since joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1995, Vietnam has been making important, proactive and positive contributions to the bloc, affirmed ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.

VOV.VN - Vietnam made active contributions to the recent 52nd session of the UN Human Right Council held in Geneva, Switzerland, by putting forward an initiative aimed at marking 75 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 30 years of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action.

A conference was held in Hanoi on March 31 to review a German-funded project under the moniker “Support to Vietnam for the implementation of the Paris Agreement” (VN-SIPA).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese peacekeepers operating the Level-2 field Hospital No. 4 in South Sudan have been honoured with UN Peacekeeping medals in recognition of their outstanding contributions during the year-long mission in the East African country.

The Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese (OV) Affairs will continue to renovate itself to further enhance its operational efficiency, thus optimising OV’s contributions to the construction and development of the city in the new period, heard a conference held in the city on March 9 to launch the committee’s tasks in 2023.

VOV.VN - Over the past years, Vietnamese women have made a significant contribution to national development and global peace and security, affirmed a Vietnamese diplomat to the United Nations.

VOV.VN - The country attracted nearly US$535.4 million in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first two months of the year, a decline of 85.1% against the same period from last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on February 24 adopted two resolutions on the organisation of the High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response and the High-Level Meeting on the Fight Against Tuberculosis, which are expected to be held during the High-Level Week of the UNGA’s 78th session in September.