Hanoi Party Committee’s Secretary Dinh Tien Dung and his Vientiane counterpart Anouphap Tounalom held talks in Vientiane on April 4, during which the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote bilateral cooperation in 2022-2025.

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, on March 28 announced the expansion of the She’s Next Grant Programme in Vietnam to support women entrepreneurs in capital mobilisation, business governance and development.

The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and the French Development Agency (AFD) on March 28 signed a agreement on a non-Government guaranteed loan worth EUR80 million to implement the southern Vietnam power distribution project invested by EVN's subsidiary - the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC).

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the embassies of four Nordic countries held a seminar on March 23, highlighting environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) as a business model for sustainable development.

The Government of Vietnam is determined to tackle domestic violence by prioritising the amendment of relevant laws and policies on domestic violence prevention and control, and raising public awareness to change people’s behaviours, heard a workshop in Hanoi on March 24.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged stronger communication activities to raise Party members and people’s awareness about the task of building a law-governed state.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted separate receptions for Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob who paid courtesy visits to them on March 31 in Hanoi as part of his visit to Vietnam.

A water-by-wind (WbW) demonstration model funded by the Belgian Government was officially put into use in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan on March 15.

The Government of Vietnam confirms that the interventions and support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the period of 2017 – 2021 substantially contributed to Vietnam’s efforts to fulfill the transformative promise of “Leaving No One behind”, heard a meeting in Hanoi on March 10.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc glowingly praised US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry for his efforts aimed at promoting co-operation between the two countries over recent times, especially in terms of the joint response to climate change.