Deputy Chief of the US Mission in Vietnam Melissa A. Bishop on October 21 launched the first two courses of the Academy of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in the country.

Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Tra, Charge d'affaires a.i. of Vietnam to the UN, highlighted Vietnam’s commitments to promoting women’s advancement while addressing an open debate of the UN Security Council on October 20.

VOV.VN - Staff members of Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) Mission in Abyei on the border of South Sudan and Sudan have been honoured with UN medals for their dedication to UN peacekeeping missions.

VOV.VN - There remains plenty of room to boost import-export activities between Vietnam and Singapore thanks to their geographical proximity and membership of major free trade agreements (FTAs), said Cao Xuan Thang, representative of the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore.

VOV.VN - Lawmakers in their ongoing year-end session in Hanoi on October 21 voted in favour a Prime Minister proposal to appoint Nguyen Van Thang, secretary of the Party Committee of Dien Bien province, as Minister of Transport.

VOV.VN - President of the Senate of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Say Chhum will lead a high-ranking delegation to visit Vietnam next week.

VOV.VN - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Hanoi on October 21 for a two-day visit to Vietnam at the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on October 21 received the heads of the Foreign Affairs Committees of the Lao and Cambodian National Assemblies who are in Vietnam for a consultation conference to prepare for a summit of the legislative leaders of the three countries.

Despite its great potential for growth, poor transport infrastructure and high costs are holding back the logistics industry, insiders said at the Vietnam Logistics Transformation forum held in HCM City on October 19.

Evgheni Kobelev, Vice Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAN)'s Institute of China and Modern Asia, has suggested further strengthening relations between scholars of Russia and Vietnam.