VOV.VN - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on October 21 received United Nations Secretary General António Guterres who is in Hanoi for a two-day visit to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Hanoi on October 21 for a two-day visit and is set to have a busy schedule during his stay there.

Last week, the State Bank of Vietnam decided to put Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB) under special control and revamped the bank’s management to help the bank stabilize its operation, but analysts said the recent problem at SCB does not have any potential consequences on the banking system.

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.