Vietnam and South Africa should further tap their economic cooperation potential to make their economic partnership match the sound bilateral political relations, said Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Sy Cuong in an interview granted to Vietnam News Agency.

VinFast, Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, and Marubeni Corporation, a major Japanese trading and investment conglomerate, on December 18 officially announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore opportunities in the secondary use of EV batteries and the potential to establish a circular economy model.

VOV.VN - As many as 30 cooperation documents were signed and exchanged by ministries, agencies, localities and businesses of Vietnam and Japan at a joint economic forum held in Tokyo on December 16.

VOV.VN - A forum entitled “Potential for developing the gas power market in Vietnam” was held on December 14 in Hanoi by the Online Newspaper under the Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV), the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PVN), Vietnam Gas Corporation, and PV Gas Joint Stock Company.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Economic Forum was held on December 12 in Hanoi to discuss the Vietnamese economy at the half term of the 13th National Party Congress.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI)’s Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) presented three scenarios for the national economy in 2024 at the Vietnam Economic Pulse Forum jointly held by the institute and UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Hanoi on December 6.

There remains ample room and potential for Ho Chi Minh City and Saint Petersburg City of Russia to increase trade turnover and expand investment cooperation in digital transformation, manufacturing and processing industry, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and education, heard a business forum in HCM City on December 5.

Vietnamese and Japanese experts exchanged views on solutions to foster cooperation in digital economy between the two countries at a forum in Hanoi on December 5.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien on December 4 attended a forum on trade and investment between France and Southeast Asia.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and relevant ministries and sectors of Vietnam are ready to work with the Belgian side to effectively support cooperation activities between the two countries’ enterprises, Minister Nguyen Hong Dien told a bilateral business forum in Brussels on December 1.