VOV.VN - Vietnam's total newly and adjusted investment capital overseas reached nearly US$316.4 million during the first five months of this year, equivalent to 93.5% over the same period last year, reported the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Deputy Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand Vangelis Vitalis has expressed his belief in stronger trade ties between Vietnam and his country, saying that the two sides will expand their cooperation to other areas in the future.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has highly valued the positive development of the Vietnam – US partnership in recent times and affirmed Vietnam in its foreign policy considers the US one of the leading partners.

VOV.VN - Vietnam attracted US$10.86 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) capital during the first five months of the year, marking a decline of 7.3% year on year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The Moscow State Linguistic University, known as Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages (MGLU), on May 24 organised the Vietnam Day to mark the 133rd birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.

President Vo Van Thuong on May 24 received the ambassadors of Qatar, Brazil, Slovenia, Portugal, Estonia and Guinea, who came to present their credentials.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always places importance on and desires to boost all-around cooperation with Slovenia, one of its traditional friends in Central-Eastern Europe, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a reception in Hanoi on May 23 for Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon.

Besides limited technological capability, Vietnamese mechanical engineering enterprises are upset about their trained workers leaving for foreign-invested companies or searching for opportunities to work abroad in labor cooperation programs.

VOV.VN - Thailand has welcomed 9.47 million foreign tourists, including 84,221 Vietnamese visitors, so far this year, earning about 391 billion baht, equivalent to over US$11.3 billion, in revenue.

VOV.VN - Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Tanja Fajon arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on May 22, beginning an official two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son.