Vietnam and China will step up collaboration in social affairs and people’s livelihoods under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung and Chairman of the China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) Luo Zhaohui on August 19.

Vietnam is in a special position to lead artificial intelligence (AI) innovation in Southeast Asia, said Nguyen Duc Toan, Country Director of Google Cloud, at the GenAI Summit 2024, which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on August 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and China agreed to increase win-win cooperation during a meeting in Beijing on August 19 between Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam and Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

The wife of General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and State President To Lam, Ngo Phuong Ly on August 19 attended a tea party hosted by Professor Peng Liyuan, the wife of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and President Xi Jinping.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam encouraged closer cooperation between the National Assembly of Vietnam and the National People’s Congress of China through visit exchanges, during his meeting with Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China, in Beijing on August 19.

VOV.VN - Argentina sold 3.19 million tonnes of corn valued at US$772.29 million to Vietnam in the past seven months, becoming the largest supplier of the product to the market.

VOV.VN - Two-way trade turnover between Vietnam and Russia hit US$2.74 billion in the past seven months, marking a remarkable increase of 45.5% year on year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam always values and gives top priority to the friendly neighbourliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, said visiting Vietnamese Party General Secretary and President To Lam told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during their top-level talks in Beijing on August 19.

Measures implemented by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to fight off the dollarisation of the economy, highlighted by the zero per cent interest rate for deposits made in US dollar, have produced positive effects in stabilising the exchange market, increasing foreign reserves, remittance flows and foreign investments, said economists and exchange market experts.

The 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of Vietnam (September 2) was celebrated with a ceremony held in Bern on August 18.