VOV.VN - Vietnam is currently the fifth largest banana supplier to Japan, with the volume and value of Japanese imports from the Southeast Asian nation seeing a sharp increase over the past 10 months of the year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent a message of sympathy to President of the Philippines Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 20 over severe human and material loss caused by super typhoon Rai.

VOV.VN - Super typhoon Rai, after pounding the Philippines and entering the East Sea, has weakened a bit but is expected to remain a powerful typhoon and head toward the central coast of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Connect 2021 forum is set to take place in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on December 17, according to a press conference held on December 10 and co-hosted by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade and the Business Association of High Quality Vietnamese Goods.

VOV.VN - An exhibition themed “Vietnam-Philippines: Colour of Culture” opened at the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum in Hanoi on December 8, displaying a range of photographs and items to introduce the traditional culture of both countries to viewers.

VOV.VN - The Philippines imported US$18 million worth of seafood from Vietnam in October, a fivefold increase year on year according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

VOV.VN - Rear Admiral Tran Thanh Nghiem, commander of the Vietnam People’s Navy, attended the 17th Western Pacific Naval Symposium (WPNS 17)on October 26 through an online platform, with the event running with the theme of “Effective Ocean Governance for Regional Partnership and Stability.

VOV.VN - Vietnam's cement and clinker exports have set a new record as the country exported a total of 32.7 million tonnes worth over US$1.25 billion during the past nine months of the year, according to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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 US Cable News Network (CNN) and business magazine Forbes have published a recent article on the official commercial operation of a US$155 million wind farm project in the nation which is a joint venture between AC Energy of the Philippines and Hanoi-based BIM Group.