Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang on June 8 stressed the significance of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) in narrowing development gap between ASEAN countries and building the ASEAN Community, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the nation's GDP is set to grow 7.6% this year, the highest rate in the whole region, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) in its latest Southeast Asia Economic Outlook report.

The freshly-concluded sixth Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting offered a chance for countries to affirm their commitments to cooperation in addressing urgent issues in the region, thus ensuring sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development.

The Vietnamese Government has responded swiftly to the COVID-19 economic impacts, which was supported by strong fundamentals, thus ensuring the economy’s resilience, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director for Vietnam Andrew Jeffries.

VOV.VN - Taiwan has granted approval for a further investment of US$101 million by Pegatron Corp, a major manufacturing partner of Apple which operates in Vietnam.

Tran Tuan Anh, Politburo member and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission, on June 8 urged northern midland and mountainous provinces to turn their disadvantages into advantages to serve development.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has issued a decision approving the outline for a task of devising the capital’s housing development programme for 2021-2030, with vision towards 2040.

Photographers are being invited to send entries to a national fine art photo competition and exhibition on Vietnamese sea and islands newly launched by the Party Central Committee’s Commission of Popularisation and Education.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, met on June 4 with representatives from associations and businesses that have contributed ideas and support to the Fund for Vaccination Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019.

VOV.VN - Industrial zones (IPs) and economic zones (EZs) nationwide attracted a total of 291 foreign direct investment projects during the five-month period with newly-registered and additionally increased capital reaching approximately US$6.02 billion, a year-on-year increase of roughly 10.3%.