VOV.VN - Vietnam was India’s fourth largest supplier of rubber during the past three quarters of the year, behind only Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, and Malaysia, according to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

Vietnam and Malaysia still have large room to step up trade cooperation in such fields as food, beverages, and personal care products, heard the Malaysia-Vietnam Trade Promotion Programme held by the Malaysia Trade Office in Vietnam (Matrade) in Ho Chi Minh City on November 23.

The Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) announced on November 23 that it will inaugurate a container shipping route linking Vietnam, Malaysia and India on November 25.

Nam Son Co., Ltd and Asia Tea of Vietnam will supply tea to Kong Wooi Fong Tea Merchants Sdn Bhd based in Malaysia under a contract worth up to US$2 million.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Malaysian counterpart Saifuddin Abdullah on November 15 co-chaired the sixth session of the Joint Commission for Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the two countries.

VOV.VN - The nation has contributed to promoting ASEAN's role and resilience, along with bringing better initiatives to the region, according to Dr Hoo Chiew Ping, senior lecturer in Strategic Studies and International Relations under the National University of Malaysia (UKM).

VOV.VN - Malaysia has 663 valid ongoing projects in the nation with a total registered capital of US$13.01 billion, thereby ranking eighth out of 141 countries and territories that have poured investment into the country, according to figures given by Foreign Investment Agency.

VOV.VN - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s GDP to grow at around 3.8% this year, higher than that of its regional peers, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

VOV.VN - The nation’s consistent policy is that all maritime cooperation activities of countries need to comply with the provisions stipulated in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

VOV.VN- Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung have recently co-chaired a virtual meeting with Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad to discuss stepping up co-operation to promote local tourism in major markets.