VOV.VN - The Federal Minister for European and International Affairs of Austria Alexander Schallenberg will pay an official visit to Vietnam from April 16-18 at the invitation of Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong metro line served more than 2.65 million passengers in the first quarter of this year, skyrocketing 262% year-on-year, according to General Director of Hanoi Railway Company Limited (Hanoi Metro) Vu Hong Truong.

VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong announced a gift worth US$1 million from the Party, State, and people of Vietnam to their Laotian counterparts during talks held with General Secretary of the Laos People’s Revolutionary Party and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith on April 10 in Vientiane.

VOV.VN - The Governor-General of Australia Gen. David Hurley is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi on April 3, beginning a four-day State-level visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese State President Vo Van Thuong.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has applauded the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s contributions to the implementation of Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) projects in Vietnam.

Shimizu Akira, Chief Representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Vietnam Office, was honoured with the insignia “For the development of Vietnam's transport sector” by the Ministry of Transport (MoT) on March 23.

VOV.VN - Australia considers Vietnam a close, strategic partner and a good friend, Ambassador Andrew Goledzinowski told Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang at the Government headquarters in Hanoi on March 14.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Republic of Korea will work close together to raise two-way trade to US$100 billion this year and US$150 billion by 2030 in a more balanced direction.

VOV.VN - After 30 years Japan has become Vietnam’s biggest official development assistance (ODA) donor, with more than JPY2.7 trillion, approximately US$20 billion, in loans, nearly JPY100 billion in grant aid, and roughly JPY180 billion in support for technical cooperation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a high-level economic seminar on March 7 in Hanoi as part of activities held to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam- Japan diplomacy.