Kim Sang Yeol, Founder and Chairman of Hoban Construction has been honoured with Vietnam's Friendship Order in recognition for his outstanding contribution to promoting economic, cultural and educational exchanges and boosting the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s coming visit to Japan, slated for Nov. 22-25, is to realize the two countries’ free trade agreement commitments, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam.

VOV.VN - The situation in the South China Sea is at an important junction and requires concerned parties swiftly identify the situation in an objective manner, increase transparency in the regional strategic environment, whilst consolidating both their trust and cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Korea Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (KBIZ) and the South Chungcheong administration jointly held the 2021 Pitching Day to promote business cooperation between Vietnamese and Korean enterprises.

A seminar on international cooperation in vocational education was held in Hanoi on November 15 to seek ways to improve training quality.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) recently handed over 1,600 sets of cold boxes attached with temperature monitoring devices worth some JPY100 million (roughly VND20 billion) to the National Institute of Health and Epidemiology (NIHE).

Participants at an international conference in Hanoi on November 11 proposed cooperation orientations between Vietnam and Africa and the Middle East post COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes APEC’s efforts in maintaining the momentum of regional cooperation, controlling the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting economic recovery, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said at the 32nd APEC Ministerial Meeting on November 8-9.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to receive assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) to help the country boost post COVID recovery process, said Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang.

Investment and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Middle Eastern countries have achieved many encouraging achievements. However, there is still a lot of work for Vietnamese enterprises to do to conquer this potential market besides capacity, prestige and understanding habits of consumers.