VOV.VN - Vietnam is willing to hold trade talks with the United States to timely solve arising problems and strengthen bilateral economic, trade and investment relations, in the interest of businesses and people of the two countries.

Vietnam's initiatives at the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings, which took place in Cambodia from August 2-5, received support from other participating countries and were included in documents of the meetings, said Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam.

The innovative Vietnamese digital bank Cake by VPBank has won the Asian Banking & Finance Awards for the Best Core Banking System Initiative – Vietnam at the ABF Retail Banking Awards 2022.

Cambodia’s initiative on building a declaration on insurance linkage within ASEAN at the 27th ASEAN Socio Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting has received strong support from Vietnam.

A webinar on measures to optimise the exploitation of solid waste potential in Vietnam in order to turn waste into resources, has been held by the Vietnam Initiative for Energy Transition, bringing together experts, and representatives from environment organisations and development partners.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in coordination with the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan and the Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee under the Japan Business Federation (KEIDANREN), held a mid-term review meeting for the Vietnam-Japan Joint Initiative (eighth phase) in Hanoi on July 5.

The “Securing the Food Systems of Asian Mega-Deltas for Climate and Livelihood Resilience” Initiative (AMD) was launched at a conference in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 28.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh on June 22 had a working session with Parliamentarian Andreas Scheuer, President of the Asian Bridge Initiative programme, on prospects for strengthening cooperation between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) in general, and Germany in particular.

Vietnam ranks second in green bond issuance in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), according to the ASEAN Sustainable Finance – State of the Market 2021 report recently released by Climate Bonds Initiatives (CBI) and HSBC.

Joining the world logistics passport (WLP) initiative could help enterprises reduce logistics costs and increase competitiveness for exports.