VOV.VN - The European Union wants to kick-start a process of upgrading relations with Vietnam to a comprehensive strategic partnership, said Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on businesses of Vietnam and India to expand cooperation, striving to soon raise two-way trade turnover between the two countries to US$20 billion in the coming time from nearly US$15 billion recorded last year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam wants to speed up committed cooperation projects with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang told ADB Vietnam Country director Shantanu Chakraborty in Hanoi on July 31.

VOV.VN - Managers of major Indian economic groups such as Adani, SMS Pharmaceuticals, Sri Avantika Contractors, and BDR showed their keen interest in mammoth projects in Vietnam’s infrastructure construction and pharmaceutical manufacturing during their meetings with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in New Delhi on July 31.

Vietnam has been a time-tested and reliable partner of India in Southeast Asia, Prof.Dr. Prabir De from the ASEAN – India Centre under the Research and Information System for Developing Countries has affirmed.

The state visit to India by Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh from July 30 to August 1 will yield positive results for the relationship between the two countries, Professor Srikanth Kondapalli from the Jawaharlal Nehru University told Vietnam News Agency in New Delhi.

The number of ships passing through Vietnam’s seaports was 50,553 in the first six months of this year, up 4% year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA).

VOV.VN - Both Vietnam and India are believed to have great potential to increase their trade and investment cooperation thanks to their market size and economic development capacity.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines took delivery of its fifth Boeing 787-10 on July 31, making it a total of 30 wide-body aircraft in its fleet.

VOV.VN - The Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports (ACBS) has recently decided to ban Vietnamese cueists of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation (VBSF) from taking part in any Asian and global tournaments following Vietnam’s alleged violations of regulations.