Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Hoa Binh and Vice Mayor of France’s Lyon city Sonia Zdorovzoff signed a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation in artistic lighting for the Ho Chi Minh City State Treasury building via videoconference on October 11.

Within the region, Vietnam ranks high on economic performance, fuelled by a powerful gain of manufacturing and export capability, according to economists Shirley Shen and Aidan Yao from the Singaporean-based AXA Investment Managers Asia.

Vietnam treasures and wants to continue expanding and deepening its relations with Panama, especially in economy, trade and investment, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told Ambassador of Panama Eligio Alberto Salas De León on October 11.

VOV.VN - The tourism industry of Thua Thien Hue province plans to receive approximately six million visitors by 2025, with total tourism revenue anticipated to reach roughly VND13,000 billion, according to the provincial Thua Thien Hue Provincial People's Committee.

VOV.VN - The 15th National Assembly Standing Committee will convene its fourth session in Hanoi from October 11-14 with National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in the chair.

VOV.VN - A recent ministerial conference has adopted the Vietnam-Australia enhanced economic engagement strategy for 2021-2025 which is now being submitted to the two governments for approval.

VOV.VN - The Mirae Asset Financial Group of the Republic of Korea has forecast the Vietnamese economy is likely to expand 4% in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 2.3% for the whole year after suffering a contraction of 6.17% in the third quarter due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Standard Chartered has forecast a potential interest rate cut if the economic impact of Vietnam’s COVID-19 outbreak lasts beyond October.

The AXA Investment Managers Asia headquartered in Singapore recently published an article which elucidates the reasons behind Vietnam’s high ranking on economic performance and discusses the prospects for broadening the country’s position in the regional and global production ecosystems.

Businesses and entrepreneurs are pioneers in the cause of industrialisation and modernisation, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed on October 7.