As Vietnam is about to join the group of upper-middle-income countries and pursuing the goal of becoming a developed and high-income country by 2045, the continuous renovation of economic institutions becomes more urgent than ever, said experts at a political dialogue workshop in Hanoi on March 1.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked France to offer optimal conditions for Vietnamese goods, especially agricultural and fishery ones to enter the French market during a reception for French Minister for Foreign Trade, Attractiveness and French Nationals Abroad Olivier Becht on March 1 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Quang Tri provincial People's Committee have recently worked with a joint venture of investors in order to get involved in pouring funds into the Lao Oil Refinery project in the Quang Tri Southeast Economic Zone.

The Vietnam-Australia relations are at their best-ever development in both strategic scope and depth, a researcher has said, stressing that economic and trade cooperation is considered a priority in promoting the bilateral relations.

VOV.VN - Applying existing and affordable fuels and energy technologies to expand the use of natural gas is one way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam –Germany Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation convened its second session in Berlin, Germany, on February 23, charting a course for bilateral economic-trade-investment cooperation in the next two years.

The Vinh Xuong international land and waterway border gate, located on the borderline with Cambodia, was officially opened in Vinh Xuong commune of Tan Chau town, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang, on February 23.

Vietnam’s Agri VMA company has set up a branch at the Mariel Special Economic Development Zone (ZEDM) of Cuba, becoming the fifth with Vietnamese capital established at the zone, which is about 45km west of Havana capital, according to the zone’s office.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, a member of the Politburo and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee, hosted a reception on February 21 for Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the Hainan provincial Party Committee of China, who is on a working visit to the southern city.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands (Ramsar sites) has contributed to sustainable socio-economic development, carbon storage, climate change adaptation, environmental protection, and nature and biodiversity preservation.