Two-way trade between Vietnam and the UK in the first two months of the year surged 29.2%year-on-year, hitting US$1.1 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - The nation has called on all relevant parties in Myanmar to show restraint and hold dialogues as a means of finding a satisfactory solution in accordance with Myanmar’s Constitution and law, whilst also meeting the will and aspirations of their people, thereby serving to facilitate the democratic process.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung and Minister for Asia at the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Nigel Adams showed their elation at the positive and comprehensive development of the Vietnam-UK relationship during their phone talks on March 4.

VOV.VN - The Daily Mail newspaper of the UK has posted an article hailing the bravery of a local delivery driver who saved the life of a little girl falling from the balcony of an apartment complex in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the UK reached US$657.35 million during January, representing an annual increase of 78.57%, according to the European-American Market Department.

Investors from the UK were showing significant interest in investing in renewable energy projects in Vietnam, especially wind power, expecting the Vietnamese Government to introduce long-term support policies as well as simplification of procedures for project implementation.

VOV.VN - Nano Covax, Vietnam’s first locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, has elicited a host of antibodies that help to protect those injected against the B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which originates from the UK, according to a leading Vietnamese scientist.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said as a responsible member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Vietnam supports the open, transparent and rules-based multilateral system and appreciates the WTO’s central role.

VOV.VN - A total of 15 community cases of COVID-19 were recorded over the past 12 hours as of 6 p.m. on February 19, all of which were detected in the northern province of Hai Duong, raising the national tally to 2,362, including 770 locally-transmitted cases since January 27, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The last year has seen several foreigners living in Vietnam experience unprecedented changes, particularly with 2020 being heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that travelling between countries has become increasingly difficult.