The establishment of the Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Centre in the southern province of Binh Duong is expected to become leverage to promote innovation for rapid and sustainable development, Nguyen Van Loi, Secretary of the provincial Party Committee.

The Vietnam Association of Business Culture Development and the organising committee for the campaign on business culture development in Vietnam (known as Committee 248) on August 2 organised a press briefing about the 3rd National Culture and Business Forum and the programme certifying enterprises that meet Vietnamese business culture standards.

Experts, management officials and business representatives gathered at a conference in Hanoi on July 26 to discuss measures to promote startups following the circular economic model to benefit the society and businesses in a sustainable manner.

Chairman of Vietnam Rubber Association Tran Ngoc Thuan and his Lao counterpart Bounthong Buahom have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on boosting the sustainable development of the rubber industry in the two countries.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will step up its efforts when carrying out sustainable development goals (SDGs), Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang said at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on July 19.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, met with Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of Tanzania Mussa Azzan Zungu on July 18 on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students will be given more opportunities to follow post-graduate courses in France, especially through the student exchange programme with Vietnam - France University, says Valérier Verdier, CEO and chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD).

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Hoang Giang is attending the 64th series of meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), with the event being held in Geneva from July 10 to July 13.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son affirmed on July 3 that Vietnam attaches great importance to cooperation with the United Nations (UN) in general and the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in particular.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 3 suggested the United Nations (UN) and its Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in particular carry forward their strengths to support member countries, including Vietnam, in socio-economic development policy making and enforcement.