VOV.VN - Twelve healthcare companies and organisations from the UK paid a visit to Ho Chi Minh City from February 7-10 to learn about Vietnam's healthcare sector and explore collaboration opportunities with local partners.

VOV.VN - UK Minister of State The Rt Hon Gregory Hands of the Department for International Trade arrived in Hanoi on February 1 to hold high level trade talks on how the UK joining the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) will boost the economic firepower of the world’s most dynamic trade bloc.

United Kingdom (UK) imports from Vietnam amounted to US$6.06 billion last year, rising by 5.2% over 2021, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnam Business Association in the UK (VBUK) will host and attend trade activities and fairs to promote tourism, cuisine and goods of Vietnam, and create more opportunities for businesses in the UK and the homeland to enhance business cooperation, its President Phuong Hoang has said.

VOV.VN - Six Vietnamese businesses took part in January Furniture Show 2023, Britain’s largest annual furniture show, in Birmingham from January 22-25.

VOV.VN - The nation will remain one of the fastest growing middle-class economies globally with economic growth reaching 6% during 2023, according to Andrew Huntley, senior managing director at BDA Partners, a London-based investment banking advisor for Asia.

VOV.VN - Japan is Vietnam’s extensive strategic partner for peace, and Vietnam always places great importance to the relations across the board.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of Cao Phong district in the northern province of Hoa Binh, the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, RYB Joint Stock Company, and Cao Phong One Member Ltd, Co., held a ceremony on January 5 to mark the first shipment of seven tonnes of Cao Phong oranges to the UK.

VOV.VN - The aviation market recorded roughly 55 million passengers in 2022, marking 3.7-fold increase from the previous year and equivalent to 69.6% of that in the pre-pandemic period back in 2019, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - The British Embassy Hanoi and UNICEF have handed over £500,000 in life-saving equipment to the Ministry of Health to assist recovery of Vietnam’s health system.