The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has requested banks, branches of foreign banks, and providers of intermediary payment services to take steps to continue promoting cashless payment and the implementation of the national digital transformation programme.

VOV.VN - Agro-forestry and fishery exports earned a total of US$20.26 billion during the past five months of the year, of which rice represented a bright spot in the nation’s overall export turnover.

Leaders of Utah State, Salt Lake City and Mormon Church in the US highly valued cooperation potential with Vietnam and noted their readiness to boost delegation exchanges and promote trade, investment and people-to-people exchange with the Southeast Asian nation, during their recent meetings with Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Quoc Dung.

As many as 100 outstanding Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan gathered at an event held on May 27 by the Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan (AVIJ), under the auspices of the Vietnamese Embassy, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Measures must be taken to bring down bank interest rates, said the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) at a meeting with CEOs from 26 commercial banks in the country on May 25.

State President Vo Van Thuong offered greetings to Buddhist dignitaries and followers on the birth anniversary of Lord Buddha, while visiting Hue Nghiem and Minh Dao pagodas in Ho Chi Minh City on May 26.

Legislators discussed in group the implementation of the socioeconomic development plan and State budget in the first months of 2023, and thrift practice in 2022, on May 25 – the fourth day of the fifth session of the 15th National Assembly.

The Moscow State Linguistic University, known as Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages (MGLU), on May 24 organised the Vietnam Day to mark the 133rd birth anniversary of late President Ho Chi Minh.

VOV.VN - ASEAN still represents a crucial market for the nation, with export revenue reaching US$10.85 billion during the initial four months of the year, duly accounting for 10% of the country’s total.

President Vo Van Thuong on May 24 received the ambassadors of Qatar, Brazil, Slovenia, Portugal, Estonia and Guinea, who came to present their credentials.