VOV.VN - Sen. Lieut. Gen. Phan Van Giang, vice secretary of the Central Military Commission and Defence Minister, held separate receptions for the Ambassador of the Philippines to Vietnam Meynardo Los Banos Montealegre and the Ambassador of Singapore Jaya Ratnam.

VOV.VN -The Philippines imported approximately 800,000 tonnes of rice during the first four months of this year, of which Vietnamese rice accounted for 84% of the total, according to figures released by the Philippine Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s rice exports are anticipated to continue rising during the second half of the year due to high demand for the staple caused by the complicated nature of the COVID-19 pandemic globally, according to industry insiders.

The Philippines’s lowering tariffs on imported rice would open up opportunities for Vietnam to maintain stable supply of the product for the country and helping it stabilise the domestic market, the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in US$1.01 billion from exporting 1.9 million tonnes of rice during the opening four months of the year, with the Philippines becoming the country’s largest consumer, according to the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

VOV.VN - Khanh Van, the Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe, is forecast to be named the winner of the 69th version of the global pageant according to predictions made by beauty website Sash Factor of the Philippines.

VOV.VN - The nation’s economic growth is expected to rebound to 6.7% this year, despite being affected by the recent resurgence of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in nearby countries, and will continue to surge to 7% in 2022, according to forecasts made by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

VOV.VN - Super typhoon Surigae is forecast to move north-northwest at speeds of between between 5 km and 10km per hour before eventually weakening into a tropical depression from April 20, according to predictions made by the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Newly-appointed Foreign Minister (FM) Bui Thanh Son on April 14 held separate online conversations with Australian FM Marise Payne, Malaysian FM Hishammuddin Hussein and Philippine FM Teodoro Locsin Jr..

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on March 31 reported the discovery of a further nine imported cases in Vietnam, bringing the overall number of coronavirus infections to 2,603.