VOV.VN - Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) with support from the Australian Department of Education, has delivered the Australia – Vietnam Higher Education Partnerships in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, connecting more than 150 Australian and Vietnamese institutions to exchange ideas and explore partnerships.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 20 emphasised the importance of a global approach, multilateralism, self-reliance of every country, and extensive international cooperation to realise sustainable development, climate change responses, emission reduction, and energy transition.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) launched a new task force to promote innovation and catalyze investment in effective solutions for reducing plastic waste and pollution in Vietnam.

The Australian government on May 16 through its Australian Climate Finance Partnership (ACFP), administered by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), granted a technical assistance package to the VinES Energy Solutions JSC (VinES).

VOV.VN - After nearly four years of formulation and revision, the National Power Development Plan VIII targeting energy conversion, renewable energy ecosystem development, and electricity imports and exports has been approved by the Government.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang recently attended the second EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in Stockholm.

VOV.VN - Vietnam expects to get Boeing assistance to develop its aviation industry, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a senior leader of Boeing in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will work closely with Malaysia to promote the strategic partnership between the two countries in a deep and effective manner. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim during their meeting in Indonesia on May 10.

VOV.VN - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Vietnam in the second half of this year to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between the two countries this year.

Vietnam's increased demand for infrastructure development in the coming years requires governmental policies that encourage the private sector's participation, said economists and policymakers.