VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into the nation during the past eight months of the year reached roughly US$16.8 billion, thereby affirming foreign investors’ trust in the Vietnamese investment climate.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Choi Young-joo, former President of the Republic of Korea (RoK)-Vietnam Friendship Association and Chairman of the RoK-based Panko Group on August 25.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has seen an increase in the number of children aged five to 12 getting COVID-19 vaccine shots ahead of the new school year due to start on September 5.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked airports and airlines to announce the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s latest regulations on compulsory COVID-19 testing before entering the East East Asian country.

As the coronavirus pandemic has spread through Vietnam, so has the number of drugstores operated by major chains, Nikkei Asia reported on August 24.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Sasaki Nobuhiko, chairman of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), have discussed measures aimed at ramping up bilateral economic co-operation along with several of issues of mutual concern.

The painting Vietnamese Lady by late Vietnamese painter Le Pho (1907-2001) will be part of the Hong Kong-based Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Auction which is slated for August 28 in Singapore.

VOV.VN - There has been a growing number of COVID-19 cases in the country recorded in August, with many severe cases and unvaccinated deaths accounting for up to 25% of the total infections, according to Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son.

VOV.VN - The nation is currently the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s third largest trading partner, while the RoK has developed into the largest direct investor in country.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked ministries, agencies and localities to step up their coordination with the Ministry of Health to deal with urgent issues in the medical sector while addressing a national teleconference on August 21.