VOV.VN - Despite suffering the impact of the CoVID-19 pandemic, bilateral cooperation in both trade and investment has grown steadily, with Singapore maintaining the leading investment position in Vietnam.

The chemical industry in Vietnam has been facing a number of environmental and social challenges, which require new pathways in production, and consumption to ensure sustainable development.

Vietnam has successfully fulfilled its role as Chair of ASEAN in 2020 and made significant contributions to the region, according to Hoang Thi Ha, an expert from the ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute of Singapore.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee opened the Vietnam – ASEAN Youth Festival in Hanoi on December 27.

VOV.VN - First human trials of Made-in-Vietnam for COVID-19 are set to begin at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi on December 17.

Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided a US$600,000 grant in-kind to assist Vietnam in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - ASEAN needs to strengthen defence cooperation among member states as well as with partner countries to address traditional and non-traditional security challenges in the context of geopolitical and geostrategic shifts globally.

Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam, said on December 8 that the Vietnamese Government’s quick and effective response in combination with the public’s trust and observance of prevention and control measures were key to the country’s success in containing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long and World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in Vietnam Kidong Park on December 3 co-chaired a health partnership meeting in Hanoi titled “Health Partnerships and Cooperation in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic”.