VOV.VN - The country enjoyed a trade surplus of US$764 million during the initial seven months of the year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has reported.

A delegation of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) led by Le Hoai Trung, member of the CPV Central Committee and head of its Commission for External Relations, attended the Communist Party of China (CPC) and World Marxist Political Parties Forum held virtually on July 28.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Van Nen, secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, received Indonesian Ambassador to Vietnam Denny Abdi and Italian Consul General in the city Enrico Padula on July 28 as the southern city strives to develop ties with the two nations.

The eighth Japan-Vietnam festival, the largest of its kind, will be held on February 25-26 next year in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Consulate General of Japan in the city has announced.

VOV.VN - Twelve businesses have attended the leading global trade fair for organic food, Biofach/Vivaness 2022, which is taking place from July 26 to July 29 in Nuremberg in the southern German state of Bavaria.

A new general port with capacity to receive ships of up to 150,000 DWT will be built in the south-central coastal province of Binh Thuan.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture and the local authorities are co-organising a trade fair beginning on July 25 to connect Vietnamese firms and their potential partners in Kyushu region.

Vietnamese agencies have been updated on a new notice of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on testing for COVID-19 with cold foods exported to China.

VOV.VN - Up to 85% of enterprises operating in the processing-manufacturing and construction sectors expect a better and more stable business situation in the third quarter, while only 15% predict that the situation will be tougher, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office.

A conference was held in Hanoi on July 24 to announce the Politburo's decision and the NA Standing Committee’s resolution to assign Party secretary of Hoa Binh province Ngo Van Tuan as the Secretary of the Party delegation to and Deputy Auditor General in charge of the State Audit of Vietnam (SAV).