VOV.VN - A traditional art exchange programme between Vietnam and Japan will be held in the northern province of Ha Nam on May 14 as part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries this year.

VOV.VN - A business delegation from Azerbaijan joined a business-to-business (B2B) trade exchange alongside Vietnamese enterprises in Hanoi on May 9 to seek investment opportunities in the country.

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Vo Van Hoan and Managing Director of the Netherlands’ Royal HaskoningDHV Vietnam company Vadim Sheronov discussed orientations to promoting bilateral cooperation during a local meeting on May 9.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on May 10 morning chaired a meeting of the standing board of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption and Negativity Prevention and Control.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) has instructed its Consular Department to contact the Philippine Embassy in Vietnam and ask for support in assisting the Vietnamese citizens among the over 1,000 forced labourers recently rescued in Pampanga province of the archipelago nation.

Sweden is an important Northern European market of Vietnam, and there remains much potential for the two countries to continue expanding bilateral trade, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien told Swedish Ambassador to Vietnam Ann Måwe on May 9.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), presented an insignia “For Peace and Friendship among Nations” to Park Hang-seo, former head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, at a ceremony in Hanoi on May 9.

Mercedes-Benz Vietnam (MBV), a subsidiary of the Germany-based Mercedes-Benz Group AG, will introduce three all-electric car models in Vietnam in 2023, said MBV General Director Brad Kelly at a press conference in Ho Chi Minh City on May 9.

The Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Technology Application under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Meteorological and Hydrological Administration (VNMHA) on May 9 received and put into operation an X-band radar from a Japanese company serving early warning of heavy rains in Hanoi and surrounding areas.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea surpassed other countries as the largest supplier of travelers to Vietnam in April, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).