VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense of Vietnam, met with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix in New York on September 23 during the Vietnamese delegation’s visit to the United States for the high-Level Week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly.

VOV.VN - Skilled workforce, a growing digital economy, competitive wages, and a sizeable regional market were among ASEAN’s top attractions to foreign investors, with Vietnam’s economic resilience being ranked foremost in attracting international firms, according to details given by HSBC experts.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Bhutan should augment co-operation and deepen mutual understanding towards further promoting bilateral ties, said Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet at a reception held on September 19 for Ambassador of Bhutan to Thailand and Vietnam Kinzang Dorji on the occasion of the diplomat's visit to Vietnam to present his credentials.

Foreign institutional investors are allowed to buy Vietnamese stocks without having enough money at the time of purchase from November 2 under Circular No.68/2024/TT-BTC recently issued by the Ministry of Finance.

VOV.VN - Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam has been named as the “Best Foreign SME Bank in Vietnam” for 2024, with this being the second consecutive year the financial institution has picked up the award.

VOV.VN - Economic co-operation between Vietnam and Africa has seen positive developments, although it is still far from matching the potential, strong political relations, and aspirations of the people from both sides.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held an event in Hanoi on September 18 to receive emergency aid from other countries for victims of super Typhoon Yagi.

VOV.VN - Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, who is also Climate Envoy of the Netherlands, and officials of the European country agreed to step up ties with Vietnam in climate change response while receiving Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Hang.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam hosted receptions for newly-accredited ambassadors from several countries who presented their credentials to the leader in Hanoi on September 17.

Foreign investors poured a total of US$2.4 billion into the real estate market of Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, five times the level over the same period last year, according to the latest updates from the General Statistics Office (GSO).