The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on August 31 held a workshop on promoting the export of Vietnamese mechanical products.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City attracted US$1.97 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the eight months of the year, a fall of 27.2% against the same period from last year, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Statistical Office.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Duc Hai, vice chairman of the National Assembly (NA) and head of the steering committee for building and implementing the e-parliament project, chaired the third meeting of this committee on August 31 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The number of international arrivals to Ho Chi Minh City during the opening eight months of the year has significantly increased, hitting 2.71 million, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on August 29 attended a conference to accelerate the implementation of Vietnam-Singapore investment cooperation projects as part of the latter’s three-day visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam racked up a trade surplus of US$20.19 billion during the opening eight months of the year, according to the latest statistics compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague Marcin Czepelak has lauded Vietnam’s cooperation and strong performance in implementing the agreement to set up a PCA representative office in Vietnam, describing the country as a good example in partnership with the PCA.

The Trade Office of Vietnam in Sweden said that in order to support enterprises exporting to the EU in general and the Nordic countries in particular, it has compiled the book about the common European agreements and their impacts on exporters to the Nordic region.

VOV.VN - Vietnam retained its position as Singapore's 11th largest trading partner during the seven-month period, with two-way trade turnover reaching roughly SGD16.8 billion, a fall of 9.41% on-year, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

The third exchange programme of Vietnamese and Chinese young coast guard officers kicked off in Hanoi on August 22.