VOV.VN - Referee Ilgiz Tantashev of Uzbekistan will officiate the Vietnamese national team’s upcoming World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia, according to the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).

VOV.VN - The Vietnam vs Saudi Arabia match in the final World Cup qualifying round will be held at 8 p.m. on September 2 (local time), meaning the game will start at midnight on September 3 (Hanoi time), according to the schedule released by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation.

VOV.VN - Representatives from the Ministry of Health on August 5 received a medical aid package worth US$500,000 on August 5 from Saudi Arabia as a contribution to the country’s ongoing COVID-19 battle.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud on July 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on political consultation between the two ministries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in a sum of US$1.35 billion from exporting fruit and vegetables during the past four months of the year, thereby representing an increase of 9.5% compared to the same period from last year, according to details given by the Agro Processing and Market Development Authority.

The Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRSC) on April 28 received aid worth over US$166,000 from Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (Ksrelief) in support of poor Vietnamese households.

VOV.VN - Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Vietnam Saud F. M. Al-Suwelim, on behalf of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, on April 23 presented the token of US$150,000 in humanitarian aid to help Vietnam’s central provinces affected by recent storms and floods.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung and Deputy Minister of Economy and Planning of Saudi Arabia Bandar AlKhamies co-chaired the fourth session of the Vietnam-Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation via videoconference on April 7.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Kuwait Ngo Toan Thang presented his credentials to the Emir of Kuwait Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on February 2.

VOV.VN - The cumulative number of coronavirus infections in Vietnam has increased to 1,407 after two more imported cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Dec. 17.