Vietnamese Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Phan Van Giang talked via videoconference with his Japanese counterpart Kishi Nobuo on June 3, agreeing to further intensify cooperation in military medicine to combat COVID-19 and other disease outbreaks.

VOV.VN - The US-sponsored John Midgett coast guard ship, a Hamilton-class cutter, has departed from Seattle (Washington) and is expected to arrive in Vietnam in the coming days.

VOV.VN - The nation condemned the targeted attacks on UN peacekeepers at an open debate of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on May 24 on intensifying the safety for UN peacekeeping forces, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN.

Bus companies, railway and airline firms have been struggling to survive amid the impacts of COVID-19 for a year and a half.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has requested local credit institutions and foreign banks’ restrict lending concentration for real estate and construction and consumption sectors, and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy expressed Vietnam’s serious concern over military escalation and cross-border attacks in Yemen at an UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting held in New York on May 12.

The working group for Vietnam-France defence cooperation held a meeting via videoconference on May 5 during which the two countries’ officials agreed to maintain high-level contact and strengthen links in different aspects.

VOV.VN - Huge opportunities exist for Vietnam and the United States to enjoy a boost in trade co-operation and build closer linkages in the supply chains of goods in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period, said experts at a seminar on April 28 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The 2019-2020 Vietnam National Quality Awards was presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 25, honouring 116 companies with remarkable achievements in improving the quality of products and services, competitiveness, operational efficiency, and regional and international economic integration.

The Online Business Mission – Medizintechnik conference took place in Hanoi on April 20 to discuss operation models in the health sector of Germany and Vietnam, opportunities for cooperation between their hospitals and businesses, and the importance of building their medical technical exchange networks.