VOV.VN - Despite enduring overlapping crises and challenges, several climate projects, smaller businesses, women, and farmers throughout Asia and the Pacific region have benefited from record amounts of funding given by the International Finance Corporation, with Vietnam among the IFC's top five countries for long-term investment in the region for the fiscal year ending June 30.

VOV.VN - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on September 1 (Hanoi time) extended his best wishes to the Vietnamese Government and people on the occasion of the country’s 78th National Day (September 2).

VOV.VN - Vietnam's import and export turnover to the Asian market during the opening seven months of the year reached US$241.84 billion, accounting for the largest proportion at 65% of the total import and export value of Vietnamese goods to the world and a drop of 13.5% on-year, according to the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - Both countries are currently each other's leading partners in a multitude of fields, ranging from trade and investment to diplomacy, security and defence.

VOV.VN - A delegation led by Pham Tat Thang, member of the Party Central Committee and permanent deputy head of its Commission of Mass Mobilisation, paid a visit to Iran from August 21 to August 24.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), has officially joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative.

The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Tedros Adhanom, has announced five candidates for the position of WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific for the term 2024-2029, with a candidate from Vietnam - Associate Professor Dr. Tran Thi Giang Huong.

VOV.VN - Travel website Booking.com has named Hanoi among the top five culinary gems in the Asia-Pacific region for a richer travel experience.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Hau Giang is set to host the first-ever festival celebrating Áo bà ba, a traditional outfit worn by people in the southern region from September 29 to October 1.

The world trade centres of Binh Duong New City, India’s Mumbai and China’s Shenyang signed memoranda of understanding on economic and trade cooperation, as part the 2023 Asia Pacific Regional Meeting of the World Trade Centres Association (WTCA) in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 10.