VOV.VN - State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a congratulatory telegram to Queen Elizabeth II on National Day of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), which officially took effect on May 1, is believed to herald a new era for Vietnamese goods to gain a foothold in a market with strong purchasing power.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will finalise and issue a number of legal documents needed for the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) in 2021.
VOV.VN - A teleconference gathering various ministers and officials from the 11 countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) took place on June 2 to consider the UK's request to officially join the trade deal.
VOV.VN - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has invited Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) due to take place in Glasgow in November 2021.
A webinar on higher education and postgraduate cooperation between Vietnam and the UK was held on May 27 by the Vietnamese Embassy in the UK and the Vietnam-UK Friendship Network (VUFN).
VOV.VN - The country currently has 77 patients with severe prognosis, accounting for 3.1% of the overall number of COVID-19 cases nationwide, including 23 critical cases, according to information provided by the Ministry of Health’s Treatment Subcommittee.
The Prime Minister has approved a plan for the implementation of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on May 19 held phone talks with British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Dominic Raab, during which he suggested the UK consider the transfer of COVID-19 vaccine production technology to Vietnam.
VOV.VN - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country after sequencing the genes of samples taken from local novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.