VOV.VN - After 30 years Japan has become Vietnam’s biggest official development assistance (ODA) donor, with more than JPY2.7 trillion, approximately US$20 billion, in loans, nearly JPY100 billion in grant aid, and roughly JPY180 billion in support for technical cooperation.

Deputy Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang on March 9 highlighted Vietnam’s hope for continued close cooperation with China to boost tourism recovery and development in the two countries.

VOV.VN - A set of 16 unique porcelain paintings was awarded a certificate of Vietnamese record during the opening ceremony of Quan The Am festival 2023 held in Da Nang on March 8.

VOV.VN - The country is emerging as a popular market in which Singaporean firms are keen to seek opportunities to promote trade and investment.

VOV.VN - Two consecutive tremors were reported in Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands of Kon Tum province during the early morning of March 9, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), began the second day of her Vietnam on March 8 trip by heading to Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, has pledged his best efforts to augment links between local universities and the Association of Francophone Universities (AUF).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK, working in collaboration with the Scottish region and the Scotch Whiskey Association, recently organised the Vietnam-Scotland Connection event at Scotland House London, a hub connecting economic, trade, investment co-operation, and research of the Scottish regional Government in London.

Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le on March 8 received Melissa Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the US Department of State, who is on a working visit to the city.

VOV.VN -Journalist Michael Wing of The Epoch Times of the United States has dubbed Hung Thoong (Thoong Valley) in the central province of Quang Binh as “A Different World”.