VOV.VN - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast Vietnam’s GDP to grow at around 3.8% this year, higher than that of its regional peers, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Indonesia.

The Ministry of Transport will propose a special mechanism to develop a fleet of river-sea vessels serving the country’s scheme to develop coastal transport, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The told at a national teleconference on development of waterway and coastal transport logistics in Hanoi.

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which entered into force in August 2020, has helped to boost two-way trade and buffer the impact of the economic downturn, according to an article posted on October 13 by The Business Times of Singapore.

VOV.VN - The United States on October 12 delivered 36 ultra-low temperature freezers to the Ministry of Health at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) to assist Vietnam in storing lifesaving vaccines against COVID-19.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee in Ho Chi Minh City received medical equipment and supplies worth nearly VND6 billion (US$260,000) donated by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in the city and members of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry on October 11.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly's Committee for External Relations Don Tuan Phong attended the pre-COP26 parliamentary meeting in Rome, Italy from October 8-11.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Austria Nguyen Trung Kien has expressed his elation at seeing relations between the two countries consolidated and developed, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese national team put on a display of great determination during their first training session held in Muscat in Oman, with the squad getting preparations underway for the third round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese firms are set to meet 19 companies from the Republic of Korea’s Jeollanam-do province during an online event from October 18 to October 22 which will be held by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Police announced on October 9 that they have handed over a fugitive convicted of fraud to Korean authorities.