Teachers and students from ChungcheonBuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have participated in educational activities and experienced daily life along with students in Hanoi under a week-long cultural and educational exchange programme in the 2023 – 2024 academic year between the two localities, which was disrupted for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - As many as 38 defendants, including two former ministers of health and science-technology, were brought to court in Hanoi on January 3 in a trial related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging scandal at Viet A Technologies JSC.

VOV.VN - A court of appeal in Hanoi on December 27 upheld the verdict of the first instance court for three former State officials who had took bribes in the repatriation flight case during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After a period of stagnation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many farm produce of Vietnam have recorded speedy growth in export to China so far this year and the shipments are predicted to keep increasing in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on November 19 approved a resolution to extend the ongoing policy of reducing the value added tax (VAT) on selected lines of products and services from 10% to 8% for another six months till June 30, 2024.

VOV.VN - Governments, international and regional organizations, and relevant parties should give high priority and more resources to humanitarian activities in the Asia-Pacific region, said a high-ranking Vietnamese government official.

VOV.VN - With a young population, a strong ability for digital transformation among consumers, and increasing digital consumption, Vietnam is anticipated to achieve digital economic growth of US$45 billion by 2025.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is a prioritized and important partner of the Netherlands in the Indo-Pacific region, said Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte during talks held with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on November 2 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - An official of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has lauded Vietnam’s recent COVID-19 control efforts, stating that the country has set an exemplary role model in response to the pandemic.

Gen. Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence of Vietnam, had talks with Sen. Lt. Gen. He Weidong, Politburo member and Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, in Beijing on October 28.