VOV.VN - The COVID-19 pandemic, the East Sea situation, the implementation of the ASEAN Vision 2025, and the early signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will take centre stage at the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

VOV.VN - A number of foreign experts have been permitted to enter Vietnam to continue undertaking the Ben Thanh – Suoi Tien metro line, the first in Ho Chi Minh City, after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam remains an attractive destination in which to do business among foreign financiers, with several tech giants expressing a keen interest in furthering their investment in the country in recent times.

VOV.VN - Leaders from across the world have affirmed their recognition of the importance of the relationship with the nation through extending their congratulations to the Vietnamese Party and State leaders on the 75th anniversary of National Day.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh delivers a message on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Charter.

Foreigners who entered Vietnam from March 1 can have their temporary stay permits automatically extended for another month until September 30, the Immigration Department announced on August 31.

Ho Chi Minh City’s foreign trade totalled more than US$60.48 billion in the first eight months of this year, down 0.03% against the same period of 2019.

VOV.VN - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang on August 31 voiced Vietnam’s opposition to China’s firing of ballistic missiles into the East Sea, saying the move would only complicate the situation in the region.

Vietnam has become one of the world’s fastest growing economies since the country first opened up to foreign trade and investment more than three decades ago, with GDP last year being 12.5 times higher than in 2001.

The number of foreign tourists to Vietnam reached only 3.8 million in the first eight months of 2020, down by 66.6% compared to the figure of 11.3 million recorded in the same period last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted travel.