VOV.VN - Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast unveiled on December 7 that it has submitted a listing application under the form F-1 to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as it prepares for an initial public offering (IPO).

Minister of Public Security General To Lam has called on the US-ASEAN Business Council and the US business community to continue to act as a bridge between the two governments, and between enterprises of the two countries, thus helping the two sides study each other's wishes and needs to boost economic-trade and defence-security cooperation.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 5 received Michael Michalak, regional managing director and senior vice president at the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), and representatives of leading US corporations of Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bell and Raytheon.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos should work more closely together to build labour and social cooperation strategies to suit the current situation of each country as well as the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense of Australia Richard Marles proposed increasing defense-security between Australia and Vietnam, while meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Canberra on November 30.

VOV.VN - Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son affirmed the country’s readiness to make furhter contributions to UN peacekeeping operations during a meeting held on November 25 in Hanoi with visiting Jean-Pierre Lacroix, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations.

Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan on November 24 held a working session with the Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

VOV.VN - ASEAN should maintain its solidarity and central role in promptly responding to emerging traditional and non-traditional security challenges such as armed conflicts, competition between major powers, natural disasters, epidemics, and climate change.

VOV.VN - The 22nd Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC) officially opened on November 21 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imported 999,750 tonnes of rice last year, a figure that is likely to create competition with domestic products and impact the lives of local producers, as well as food security in general, according to industry insiders.