VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union held a virtual exchange on October 22 to promote friendship amongst youths from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

VOV.VN - Local gold prices continued to climb on October 21, even passing historical highs seen over the past one year to reach more than VND58 million per tael.

Investors have voiced their hopes that a new economic stimulus package would give a boost to the domestic stock market.

A Vietnam – Switzerland cultural festival has been held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1971 – 2021), and enhance people-to-people exchange and cultural and economic cooperation.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Association in Hungary and the Hungary-Vietnam Friendship Association co-hosted an exchange programme on October 15-17 to honour Hungarians who joined the international delegation overseeing the implementation of the Paris Peace Agreement in Vietnam in the 1973-1975 period.

VOV.VN - Trade exchange and investment between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) has achieved positive outcomes since the enforcement of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in August 2020, despite COVID-19 challenges, according to a Government to be submitted to the National Assembly.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in many localities has delayed the equitisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs), according to Dang Quyet Tien, director of the Corporate Finance Department.

Vietnam’s stock market mobilised total capital of VND292.1 trillion (US$12.8 billion) in the first nine months of this year, up 12% compared to the previous year.

Vinpearl, a major hospitality-recreation developer and operator in Vietnam, has successfully issued a US$425 million Exchangeable Sustainable Bond (ESB), exchangeable into shares of its parent company Vingroup.

VOV.VN - A group of three big Australian warships, amphibious assault ship HMAS Canberra, missile frigate HMAS Anzac and tanker HMAS Sirius, docked at Cam Ranh Bay in Khanh Hoa province for a series of bilateral cooperation activities from September 20-23.