Ho Chi Minh City licensed 807 foreign invested projects worth US$3.54 billion in the first 11 months of this year, up 3.3% in value from a year earlier, according to the General Statistics Office.

The investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security has issued decisions to prosecute, arrest and search the residences and workplaces of seven more individuals for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in Hanoi and some other cities and provinces.

VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Seoul on December 4, beginning a three-day official visit to the Republic of Korea at the invitation of RoK President Yoon Suk-yeol.

VOV.VN - The 2022 Ho Chi Minh City friendship dialogue, the first of its kind which is getting underway on December 3-4 is expected to foster cooperation between the Vietnamese city and other localities across the globe in the following years.

The Trade Forum on Cooperation with Partners from Eurasia Region 2022 took place in Hanoi on December 2, providing the Vietnamese business community with up-to-date information on market conditions, foreign trade policies, and investment opportunities in the region.

The upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be a big breakthrough in the relationship between the two countries, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RoK Park Jin has affirmed.

VOV.VN - Vietnam resolutely opposes and demands that Taiwan (China) cancel live-fire drills taking place in the waters around Ba Binh island which are part of the Vietnamese Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago and not to repeat similar violations in the future, Le Thi Thu Hang, spokeswoman of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on December 2.

VOV.VN - Australia always regards Vietnam as a friend and close partner in ASEAN and the region, Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong said during a meeting with National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 1.

VOV.VN -The nation attracted US$25.1 billion in foreign investment over the past 11 months, an increase of 0.5% from the previous month, but down 5% on-year, the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has said.

VOV.VN -Realising the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS) and other international instruments aimed at dealing with emerging maritime issues has been the focus of a workshop held on November 30 and December 1 in Hanoi.