VOV.VN - The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) contributes to attracting European businesses and financiers to Vietnam, thereby expanding investment and business ties while creating a wealth of opportunities for local firms to step up co-operation and absorb technology transfer, according to economic experts.

VOV.VN - Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang on December 6 held talks with his Mongolian counterpart Brigadier General Saikhanbayar Gursed who is in Hanoi for a visit to Vietnam.

General Phan Van Giang, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defence Minister, hosted a reception in Hanoi on December 6 for Divisional General Víctor Rojo Ramos, head of the Political Directorate of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR).

Minister of Public Security General To Lam has called on the US-ASEAN Business Council and the US business community to continue to act as a bridge between the two governments, and between enterprises of the two countries, thus helping the two sides study each other's wishes and needs to boost economic-trade and defence-security cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always attaches great importance to and gives high priority to strengthening relations with New Zealand across all channels, National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue told Adrian Rurawhe, speaker of the House of Representatives of New Zealand during talks on December 6.

VOV.VN - National Assembly chairman Vuong Dinh Hue encouraged New Zealand businesses to increase investment and expand operations in Vietnam for a win-win partnership, while addressing a Vietnam – New Zealand economic cooperation forum on December 5.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea agreed to lift their relationship to the level of comprehensive strategic partnership during high-level talks in Seoul on December 5 between RoK President Yoon Suk-yeol and his visiting Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam and Venezuela have favourble conditions to bolster cooperation in fisheries, Vietnamese Ambassador Le Viet Duyen said at a recent forum.

A workshop discussing issues related to mutual legal assistance (MLA) in criminal matters was held by the Supreme People's Procuracy and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in HCM City on December 2.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, has called for the enhancement of co-ordination among ASEAN member states at the UN.