VOV.VN - Vietnamese nationals abroad have sent home some US$12.5 billion this year, a year-on-year increase of 10%, according to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Foreign investors poured US$9 billion into Vietnamese retail and wholesale markets between January and November, accounting for 2.2% of the country’s total capital, the Ministry of Planning and Investment said.

VOV.VN - Nearly two months on from launching a pilot scheme to welcome foreign visitors with ‘vaccine passport’, Da Nang has yet to receive any groups of international tourists amid the central city encountering numerous difficulties in reopening tourism activities.

A seminar on the role of crisis settlement in economic diplomacy in the Middle East-Africa took place in Hanoi on December 24.

The first Cambodia visit by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his new capacity has demonstrated the Vietnamese Party’s foreign policy of giving the top priority to developing ties with neighbouring countries, as well as the Vietnamese Party, State and people’s sentiments to Cambodian people.

The Foreign Ministry held a conference in Hanoi on December 20 in both online and offline formats to popularise the content of a cultural diplomacy strategy till 2030 which was promulgated by the Prime Minister on November 30, 2021.

The Foreign Ministry chaired a mid-term review conference in both online and offline formats on December 20 on the implementation of a project on developing ties between Vietnam and the Middle East – Africa countries for the 2016-2025 period.

VOV.VN - The 50th anniversary of Vietnam – Chile diplomatic ties was celebrated by the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) and the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi on December 20.

Vietnam should improve its legal framework to maintain the attractiveness of the domestic investment environment to foreign firms, Vu Tien Loc, President of the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre (VIAC) has said.

A virtual Vietnamese language training course for Vietnamese teachers in Europe and North America concluded at a ceremony held by the Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hanoi on December 19.