Vietnam and Mongolia on December 9 agreed on specific measures and orientations to consolidate and enhance their traditional friendship and cooperation in the time ahead.

VOV.VN - Four Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing the national tally of coronavirus infections to 1,381, the Ministry of Health announced on December 9.

VOV.VN - More than 20 Japanese firms attended a business forum in Tokyo on December 9 which was jointly hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and the International Friendship Exchange Council (FEC) to introduce the current Vietnamese investment environment.

VOV.VN - Low-cost airline VietJet Air on December 9 conducted a flight to bring home more than 240 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Malaysia due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - ASEAN needs to strengthen defence cooperation among member states as well as with partner countries to address traditional and non-traditional security challenges in the context of geopolitical and geostrategic shifts globally.

Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam, said on December 8 that the Vietnamese Government’s quick and effective response in combination with the public’s trust and observance of prevention and control measures were key to the country’s success in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

A protocol on Vietnam’s black jelly exports to China was signed during a teleconference between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the General Administration of Customs of China on December 8.

VOV.VN - The 20th Vietnam-China border trade fair is set to get underway in the Chinese province of Yunnan on December 12 in an online format.

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has instructed production and business units in the city to develop plans to ensure supply and demand during the year-end and Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, a municipal official has said.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has selected MVV Education’s two technologies, Consultant Anywhere and Everlearn, to implement a COVID-19 business counseling and training programme for 500 women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) in Vietnam.