VOV.VN - Digital transformation is an irreversible trend that should be grasped and fully exploited in order to make development breakthroughs and bring about benefits for people, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a national conference held in Hanoi on February 25.

From a backward, poor and essentially rural-based society and economy, isolated from the rest of the world, Vietnam has developed into a thriving, dynamic, modern, middle-income country with extensive international commercial and human links, former Australian Ambassador to Vietnam Graham Alliband has said.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City expects the Japanese government and Japanese partners will diversify forms of cooperation with HCM City, to help improve the city’s integration capacity and the effectiveness of cooperation in the southern key economic region and other localities.

The Vietnam-Australia relations are at their best-ever development in both strategic scope and depth, a researcher has said, stressing that economic and trade cooperation is considered a priority in promoting the bilateral relations.

Bookings for flights from the UK to Malaysia and Vietnam are up by more than 2,200% against early last year when both countries were still closed to international tourists, according to CNN, which cited data from travel service provider Flight Centre UK.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia have recorded plenty of achievements across multiple fields of cooperation over the past five decades, from politics to investment, trade, education, as well as defense and security, said Phan Van Mai, chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese airlines have been forced to temporarily postpone flights to China until the end of April or May as they await a Chinese decision to allow passengers to fly to Vietnam, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

VOV.VN - Turkish Ambassador to Vietnam Haldun Tekneci has expressed special thanks to Vietnam for sending teams to support recue work and deliver relief aid to people affected by a deadly earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria in early February 2023.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia discussed a number of security cooperation related issues during their third dialogue held in Canberra on February 22.

Vietnam’s railway network planning expects to have 16 new national lines with a total length of about 4,802km by 2030.