The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on March 12 to present the President’s decision to send Lieut. Col Tran Duc Huong from the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations, to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

VOV.VN - Do Thi Ha, the Vietnamese representative at Miss World 2021, will compete in the beauty pageant when it gets underway on December 16 in Puerto Rico following a delay of one year due to the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese ambassador to India Pham Sanh Chau called on Indian businesses to explore opportunities in the Vietnamese market whilst increasing their investment in the country during a joint India-Vietnam business forum held on March 11 in Chandigarh city.

Vietnam Airlines has offered to transport domestically free of charge 5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine (11.5 tonnes) supplied by COVAX Facility - a mechanism set up by the World Health Organization (WHO), from March 15.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has issued an express dispatch requesting the People's Committees of cities and provinces and Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to urgently review and list all issues related to solar power development.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and the UK in the first two months of the year surged 29.2%year-on-year, hitting US$1.1 billion, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A seminar was held in Dong Ha city, Quang Tri, on March 11 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam – Ireland diplomatic relations (April 5, 1996 – 2021) and the 15th anniversary of cooperation between the central province and Ireland.

India and Vietnam on March 11 held bilateral consultations on United Nation Security Council (UNSC) issues through an online platform, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) of India said.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Trade Fair 2021 (Vietnam Expo 2021) is scheduled to be held between April 14 and April 17 in Hanoi, according to details released by the National Trade Fair And Advertising Joint Stock Company (Vinexad).

VOV.VN - Foxconn Technology Group of Taiwan (China), the world’s largest contract electronics maker, is set to invest a sum of US$700 million into the nation over the course of the coming year, generating a total of 10,000 jobs and raking in US$10 billion in the process, according to reports published on March 10 by the Taiwan News.