VOV.VN - President Lula da Silva and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pledged to create favorable conditions for bilateral trade to reach US$15 billion by 2030 during the Brazil-Vietnam Economic Forum in Hanoi on March 29.

Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, head of the Vietnamese Delegation in Geneva, praised Cambodia as one of the fastest-growing economies in the region, with an average annual GDP growth of nearly 5% since 2017 driven by trade liberalisation, tourism, foreign direct investment FDI, and export-oriented production.

VOV.VN - Standard Chartered Bank has adjusted its US$-VND exchange rate forecast to reflect shifts in global and regional economic conditions, according to the bank’s latest macroeconomic update on Vietnam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s National Competition Commission and the British Embassy in Vietnam signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on consumer protection on March 25 as part of the ASEAN-UK Economic Integration Programme which aims at enhancing renewal, economic development, and sustainable development.

Vietnam and Singapore should tighten collaboration on science, technology and innovation, and strengthen the connection between private enterprises to participate in global value chains so as to promote economic cooperation, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said on March 25.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Culture and Sports hosted a workshop on March 25 to devise a sports development strategy in the city and to seize upon technology trends to fully tap into the potential of the sports economy.

VOV.VN - The European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) is scheduled to release its Whitebook 2025 on April 11 to demonstrate its strong commitment to enhancing the investment environment in Vietnam and deepening economic cooperation between the two sides.

Construction officially began on the Hon La International Port, a landmark infrastructure project valued nearly VND2.3 trillion (US$90 million), in Quang Trach district, the central province of Quang Binh on March 21, aimed to bolster socio-economic development in the locality and the region.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Chi Dung on March 20 held working sessions with leaders of China’s Guangdong province and visited a number of local economic and technology establishments to study the locality's effective economic models.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Le Quang Long visited Pinar del Rio, known as the world’s “cigar capital,” to explore the province’s socio-economic development potential as well as opportunities for cooperation.