VOV.VN - Hanoi has attracted more than US$41.1 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) to rank second in the country behind only Ho Chi Minh City in terms of FDI, according to the Foreign Investment Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan hailed Vietnam’s development achievements, saying the country is a development model globally amid global volatility.

Vietnam’s CMC Corporation and the Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG) exchanged an agreement on cooperation in education and training, within the framework of the Vietnam-Japan Business Forum in Tokyo on December 16.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An will continue its cooperation with Japan in the training of high-quality technical human resources and the attraction of the Japanese investment to the locality, Chairman of the provincial People’s Council Nguyen Van Duoc said on December 10.

A delegation from the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA), led by its Permanent Vice President Assoc. Prof., Dr Nguyen Duy Bac, has paid a working visit to Switzerland since October 19 to survey and learn international experience in human resources training and development.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Institute of Americas Studies (VIAS) and the Canadian Embassy co-hosted an international conference, titled “50-year Relationship of Vietnam-Canada: Look Back and Forward”, on August 25 in Hanoi.

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.

VOV.VN - General Phan Van Giang and General Tea Banh, on behalf of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense of Cambodia, signed a cooperation document for 2023 between the two ministries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Laos will work closely to introduce solutions aimed at increasing two-way trade by 10 - 15% this year compared to 2022’s figure.

The southern metropolis city of Ho Chi Minh and the Consulate General of Japan on January 9 signed a Memorandum of Understanding on human resources training for tourism sector.