VOV.VN - The export value of local timber and wood products to the UK market during the first half of the year soared by 53.5% to US$146.5 million against the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Timber and Forest Products Association (VIFOREST).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the UK Government continue its COVID-19 vaccine supply to Vietnam, and early transfer the vaccine production technology to the nation during a reception for the visiting UK Secretary of State for Defence, Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, in Hanoi on July 22.

Vietnam is a leading partner of the UK in the region, British Minister of State for Asia Nigel Adams told Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung during their talks in Hanoi on July 22.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the UK have consented to maintain policy dialogue mechanisms, intensify delegation exchanges, boost English language training for Vietnamese officers, and share experience in UN peacekeeping missions as a means of contributing to the mutual strategic partnership.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Son La hosted a ceremony on July 21 to unveil its recent decision to grant local firms certificates of trademark registration for "Son La longans", and export longan batches to the EU and UK markets this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long affirmed the country’s readiness to share information and boost the comprehensive, effective, and intensive co-operation with the UK in matters of security and home affairs during a meeting held with UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on July 19.

UK-based publisher of world-renowned travel books and magazines Rough Guides has published an article recommending outstanding Vietnamese dishes besides the already renown pho and banh mi.

VOV.VN - With an annual import value of fruit and vegetables worth more than GB£6billion, equivalent to US$8.4 billion, the UK can be considered a large potential market for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports.

VOV.VN - Phu Quoc island, a famous tourist destination in Vietnam, is likely to receive between 2,000 and 3,000 tourists per month through charter flights touching down on the island for the first three months of a trial scheme aimed at welcoming back international tourists.

VOV.VN - Trade turnover between the nation and the UK surged by 25% during the first half of the year, with both sides aiming to double the bilateral trade value to US$10 billion within the next five years, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long.