VOV.VN - Vietnam has provided strong support for and made practical contributions to the United Nations’ priority cooperation areas, including peacekeeping, climate change response, sustainable development, water resources security and food security, among others.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), in collaboration with the US Department of Agriculture and CropLife Asia, held a forum in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss the application of sci-tech and innovation toward sustainable agricultural development.

Vietnamese businesses engaging in the global supply chain should secure compliance with sustainable development standards, including those on international labour, so as to access markets with whom Vietnam has signed free trade agreements (FTAs), according to Dang Duc Anh, Deputy Director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong’s attendance at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing from October 17 to October 20 is of great significance in both bilateral and multilateral fields.

The Government has proposed the National Assembly allow the application of additional special mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles facing national target programmes, thus speeding up their progress in the coming time, according to Minister of Planning and Investment (MPI) Nguyen Chi Dung.

VOV.VN - The United States Mission to Vietnam and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on October 13 launched a US$3.25 million activity, supported by the US Agency for International Development (USAID), to facilitate digital trade.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Malaysia still have plenty of room to enhance co-operation thanks to each side’s internal strengths and opportunities brought about by the digital economic era and Industry 4.0.

VOV.VN - Tran Sy Thanh, chairman of the People's Committee of Hanoi, hosted a reception on October 12 for a visiting delegation from the Japanese city of Fukuoka.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in the Chinese capital of Beijing, from October 17 to October 20 at the invitation of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and President of China Xi Jinping.

Vietnamese Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son on October 11 highly valued Japan’s educational development, and suggested the country share its experience with Vietnam to step up bilateral cooperation in this field.