VOV.VN - President Vo Van Thuong Thuong on July 23 received Prof. Dr Alfred Gerstl, chairman of the Austria - Vietnam Friendship Association, along with other Austrian friends of Vietnam as part of his official visit to the Central European country at the invitation of Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen.

Vietnamese-Austria well-known fashion designer La Hong Nhut (commonly known as La Hong), who has won many fashion awards in Austria, has expressed the desire to make more efforts to bolster culture and art exchanges between the two countries through promoting ao dai (Vietnamese traditional long dress) to Austrian friends.

Startups and universities from the Republic of Korea will participate in MEGA US EXPO 2023, a Korea-Vietnam multi-sector exhibition to take place in HCM City on August 30-31.

A fundraising event was held in Vancouver, Canada on July 22 to support Cho Ray Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City.

KFC has been voted the best food and beverage (F&B) brand in Vietnam, according to Decision F&B Rankings 2023.

On the occasion of President Vo Van Thuong's official visit to Austria, Dr. Patrick Horvath, secretary general of Vienna-based think tank Foundation for Scientific Economic Policy (WIWIPOL) and a volunteer in Austrian cultural exchange and integration organisation “Asia in Vienna,” has written an article suggesting a three-fold economic policy strategy between Vietnam and Austria.

Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong's official visit to Austria reflects the close relationship between Vietnam and Austria in the context that the two sides have regularly maintained the exchange of delegations at the highest level, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alfred Gerstl, President of the Austria-Vietnam Society (GÖV) told Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

VOV.VN - Huynh Tran Y Nhi, 21 from Binh Dinh province was the winner of the Miss World Vietnam 2023 pageant in the grand finale held in Quy Nhon city on July 23.

VOV.VN - Egyptian Ambassador to Vietnam Amal Abdel Kader Elmorsi Salama has written an article on the 71th anniversary of the National Day of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Egypt and Vietnam. The following is the full text of the article.

It is necessary to further step up trade promotion activities and disseminate information to the business community about the benefits of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to take advantage of strengths of both Vietnam and Austria to further boost bilateral trade ties.