VOV.VN - The 4th ASEAN-UK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) meeting took place on March 27 at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, marking Vietnam’s first time chairing the committee as it assumes the role of ASEAN-UK relations coordinator for the 2024-2027 term.

Vietnam is working to enhance the role and strengthen the connectivity of its national parks that are part of the ASEAN Heritage Parks (AHP) network.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, head of the Vietnamese Mission to ASEAN, chaired the 75th meeting of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 5.

VOV.VN - Around 100 Vietnamese and Vietnamese-origin innovators, including experts and entrepreneurs in Singapore and worldwide, shared development experience and put forward initiatives for Vietnam at a forum held in Singapore on February 20-21.

Localities across Vietnam have implemented a range of social support initiatives to assist disadvantaged groups, including poor and near-poor households, individuals with meritorious services, children, ethnic minority people, and disadvantaged workers to enjoy the Lunar New Year Festival.

Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with Vietnamese technology company CMC, has announced an ambitious initiative to establish the world's first AI city model.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a meeting in Hanoi on January 6 with UN Under-Secretary-General for Digital and Emerging Technologies Amandeep Singh Gill, who also serves as the UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s Envoy on Technology.

The Government has issued a decree allowing support of up to 50% of initial investment costs for businesses engaging in semiconductor and AI research and development (R&D) projects.

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, and Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) Muto Yoji co-chaired the 7th meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Committee on Industry, Trade and Energy Cooperation in Tokyo on December 20.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Netherlands' Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH) organisation on December 17 co-organised the handover ceremony of the pilot results for the database system for forests and coffee-growing areas in compliance with the EUDR.