VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong handed over appointment decisions on October 21 regarding Vietnamese Ambassadors to foreign countries for the 2020 to 2023 term and received various Ambassadors and Heads of Vietnamese representative offices abroad at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.

Vietnamese exporters need to improve the quality of their products and take advantage of online platforms to reach foreign buyers amid the pandemic, especially in Thailand, a seminar heard in Ho Chi Minh City recently.

The southern province of Binh Duong, which is a major destination for foreign investment in Vietnam, has been focusing on developing industrial parks.

VOV.VN - Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has voiced Vietnam’s strong opposition to China’s establishment of Sansha city and Chinese businesses’ illegal operations on Vietnam’s Paracel archipelagos.

Vietnam welcomed more than 3.68 million foreign visitors in the first nine months of this year, a year-on-year slump of 67.4%, heard a press conference held by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Hanoi on October 14.

VOV.VN - Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó will make a visit to Hanoi on October 16 as both sides aim to resume bilateral co-operation following a hiatus due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN- The Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi on October 14 co-organised a Public Speech Session by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, H.E. Ms Ine Eriksen Soreide on “Multilateralism in a Global Context of Increased Geopolitical Tension and a Multilateral System under Pressure”.

Ten out of 12 ministries and agencies have committed to completing the disbursement of foreign loans this year after adjusting down their capital plans, the Ministry of Finance has reported.

With a surge in capital contribution and share purchase, foreign capital investment in education in Vietnam rose by nearly 58% to US$78.89 million in the first nine months of this year despite the COVID-19 pandemic, reported the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh cabled a message of sympathy to State Counsellor and Foreign Minister of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin on the recent complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic with rising infection cases recorded in the country.