HSBC Vietnam and other financial institutions have agreed to provide a syndicated loan worth US$700 million, with a greenshoe option of US$300 million, for the Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank).

Website thediplomat.com has recently run an article highlighting that with Penny Wong’s maiden trip to Vietnam as the new Australian foreign minister, Hanoi stood out as one of Canberra’s leading priorities in Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - People nationwide have been asked to stick to COVID-19 control measures including vaccination and mask wearing following a rise in infection cases over the past days.

VOV.VN - A sculpture and poster camp highlighting Vietnam-Laos relations kicked off on July 19 in Laos to mark the occasion of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries which began back in September 5, 1962.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese textile-garment industry is set to earn up to US$21 billion from exports in the second half of the year, raising annual total shipments to between US$42 billion and US$43.5 billion.

VOV.VN - Truong Thi Mai, a member of the politburo, secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee, and head of its Organisation Commission, has affirmed the country’s recognition of the great importance of fostering a strong strategic partnership with Japan.

Vietnam is Cambodia's huge and promising tourism market, with the highest percentage of foreign arrivals in the country, Under-Secretary of State at the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism Thok Sokkhom has said.

Vietnam has climbed four places on World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2022 in the past year, from 87th to 83rd place out of 146 countries, with a score of 0.705/1.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) keeps this year’s growth forecast for Vietnam at 6.5% in 2022 and 6.7% in 2023 as released in the April 2022 Asian Development Outlook (ADO).

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Noh-wan has expressed his wish to further contribute to the close cooperation between Vietnam’s northern province of Lang Son and Korean localities.