Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam underscored the importance of the project on developing a national population database and electronic authentication and identification (Project 06), which is being piloted in Hanoi, during a meeting with leaders of the municipal People’s Committee on September 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam hosted a cultural exchange with Italy in the fashion design industry themed “Áo dài Heritage-the culture of Tình thương” in Hanoi on September 8.

VOV.VN - Vietnam hosted a cultural exchange with Italy in the fashion design industry themed “Áo dài Heritage-the culture of Tình thương” in Hanoi on September 8.

Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) have invested in more than 3,000 firms in Ho Chi Minh City with a total capital amounting to US$1.91 billion, heard a meeting between the municipal Committee for Overseas Vietnamese and representatives of the group held in the city on September 7.

Contractors have been asked to accelerate work on the Le Van Luong - Belt Road No. 3 tunnel in Hanoi with a view to inaugurating this facility on October 10.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 6 for Governor of Cambodia’s Phnom Penh Khuong Sreng.

A series of Vietnamese short films will be screened at Vietnamese Short Film Week, which will be held in HCM City and Hanoi from September 7.

VOV.VN - Lotte Holdings Co. Ltd. of the Republic of Korea on September 2 broke ground for Eco Smart City Thu Thiem -a multi-functional complex of commercial services, upmarket hotels and apartments - in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Vietnam supports regular meetings to be held between relevant Vietnamese agencies and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to iron out snags and ramp up ODA projects in the country.

VOV.VN - The nation is currently the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s third largest trading partner, while the RoK has developed into the largest direct investor in country.