VOV.VN - Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU) has been named among the leading 1,000 universities globally and is 17th in Southeast Asia, according to the Webometrics Ranking of World University compiled by Spanish public research body Cybermetrics Labs.
After four years of construction, a 73-m-high sitting Buddha statue - the tallest of its kind in Southeast Asia - has been inaugurated at the Phat Quoc Van Thanh Pagoda in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.
VOV.VN - Both the nation and Canada must strive to take full advantage of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), to which both are signatories, along with other free trade agreements (FTAs) in order to better facilitate bilateral trade and investment ties.
VOV.VN - A 57-year-old Polish expert entering Vietnam from Qatar became the latest imported case of COVID-19 in the country, the Ministry of Health reported on January 11.
VOV.VN - Joseph Incalcaterra, chief economist for ASEAN at the HSBC Global Research has hailed Vietnam’s handling of the virus, as saying that its response to the pandemic allowed the country to maintain its reputation as a “very good destination” for foreign direct investment.
Vietnamese athletes are training hard to do their best at the 31st Southeast Asia Games (SEA Games 31), to be held from November 21 to December 2 in Hanoi and ten nearby localities.
VOV.VN - Six of Southeast Asia’s leading economies are expected to face diverging fiscal paths ahead in 2021, with Vietnam, alongside Indonesia and Malaysia, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
VOV.VN - The prospects for future co-operation with Indonesia remain very positive with Indonesia currently the largest economy in the region, while Vietnam has enjoyed the second fastest economic growth in Southeast Asia this year.
VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to establish a fund worth approximately U$2.4 billion in support of smart-city projects to be undertaken by Japanese firms in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, according to business news publication Nikkei Asia.
VOV.VN - Experts from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have revised up the nation’s GDP growth forecasts from 1.8% to 2.3% this year following the acceleration of public investment, coupled with the swift recovery of domestic consumption, according to the Asian Development Outlook 2020 (ADO) report released on December 10.