An open sea swimming tournament, Ly Son Cross Island, will see the participation of nearly 250 athletes on the Ly Son Island in Quang Ngai Province on May 28.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan on May 25 hosted a reception for Jagrup Brar, Minister of State for Trade at the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation in the Canadian province of British Columbia, where they discussed orientations to promote trade and investment cooperation.

Vietnam wants Canada to continue sharing experience with and support Vietnam in green and sustainable development, and cutting emissions to net-zero, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha told Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Shawn Perry Steil at a meeting on May 23.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to reach US$7 billion in 2023, an annual increase of about 6-7%.

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.

VOV.VN - As many as 33 Vietnamese businesses and a number of the nation’s trade and investment promotion agencies will attend the Asia's largest food and beverage trade exhibition and business matching Thaifex Anuga Asia which is scheduled to run in Thailand from May 23 to 27.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 20 emphasised the importance of a global approach, multilateralism, self-reliance of every country, and extensive international cooperation to realise sustainable development, climate change responses, emission reduction, and energy transition.

Green growth has become an inevitable choice and a goal that every country is aiming for.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted separate receptions for Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, and Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

VinES, a member of Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, and Marubeni Green Power Vietnam, a fully-owned subsidiary of Japan’s Marubeni Corporation, have signed a strategic partnership deal to promote the adoption of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Vietnam.