VOV.VN - The number of foreign visitors to the nation reached more than 2.6 million during the first quarter of the year, a figure 29.7 times higher compared to the same period from last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on March 29.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son hosted a reception on March 28 for Mexican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Carmen Moreno Toscano who is in the country from March 27 to March 29 as part of an official visit and to co-chair the two ministries’ political consultation.

VOV.VN - China remains ready to maintain exchanges with Vietnamese localities, especially localities which share a border with Yunnan, said Wang Ning, secretary of Yunnan province's Party Committee while meeting with Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on March 28 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China pledged to further consolidate political trust and improve the efficiency of bilateral cooperation during phone talks on March 28 between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s outbound investment in the first quarter of the year reached nearly US$119.5 million, equivalent to 56.5% compared to the same period last year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency.

Increasing foreign investment is expected to come to industrial, logistics properties in Vietnam, pushing the growth of the sector, according to insiders.

Vietnamese lender VPBank on March 27 signed an agreement to sell its 15% stake to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) through a private placement.

Although Vietnam always eyes to attract investors from US and Europe, intra-ASEAN investors are so important to the country, especially since foreign direct investment (FDI) is slowing down globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s impacts and geopolitical conflicts.

VOV.VN - A Dutch family have received important documents they had dropped during a recent trip to the northern port city of Hai Phong.

Some 978,700 foreigners landed in Hanoi in the first three months, 5.9 times higher than the same period last year, said the municipal Department of Tourism.