VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and his Russian counterpart Novak Aleksandr Valentinovich discussed measures to promote all-round cooperation between the two countries during their phone call on February 16.

A conference took place in Hanoi on December 12 to review a technical cooperation project supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in production development, funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Samsung Vietnam, in collaboration with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and localities, held the closing ceremony of the "Smart Factory Development Cooperation Project", phase 1/2023 at 12 participating enterprises in the North to summarise and evaluate the performance of the project.

VOV.VN - With a policy of putting citizens first and leaving no one behind during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has continuously made drastic instructions to support labourers with relief packages with widespread coverage, along with pandemic control measures.

VOV.VN - Tran Sy Thanh, chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi, hosted a reception on December 6 for visiting Mayor of Gold Coast City in Australia’s Queensland State Tom Tate, who suggested a number of areas with good potential to boost bilateral ties such as education, the environment, and tourism.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) have invested in more than 3,000 firms in Ho Chi Minh City with a total capital amounting to US$1.91 billion, heard a meeting between the municipal Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and representatives of the group held in the city on September 7.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on May 15 asked Vietnamese businesses investing in Laos to make a greater effort to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and grasp post-pandemic opportunities in the new normal offered by the two countries.

Vietnamese and Lao businesses discussed ways to speed up the implementation of large-scale Vietnamese-invested projects in Laos and seek new cooperation projects of strategic importance during a workshop in Vientiane on March 21.

VOV.VN - French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his desire to further deepen the France-Vietnam strategic partnership during his reception for Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Paris on November 4.

VOV.VN - Two-way turnover between both nations reached US$24.93 million, of which Vietnam mainly exported coffee, apparel products, footwear, and rubber worth US$22.39 million whilst importing seafood, steel scrap, garment and textile materials, and leather shoes valued at US$2.54 million from Venezuela.