VOV.VN - A seminar on Vietnam-US relations was held on January 23 in Washington, D.C., by the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), with the participation of many officials, parliamentarians, scholars, and representatives of the American business community.

VOV.VN - A seminar was held within the framework of the trade connectivity project "Russian products in Vietnamese hotels" on January 23 in Moscow by the Russia - Vietnam Friendship Association and the Russia - Vietnam Trade Association in co-ordination with the Vietnam Hotel Association.

The Committee for External Relations of Saint Petersburg city on January 23 organised an annual conference in celebration of the 74th anniversary of the Vietnam-Russia diplomatic relations (January 30, 1950-2024).

Director of the Vietnam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT) Nguyen Trung Khanh put forth some measures to boost regional tourism cooperation while addressing the 59th Meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations in Vientiane, Laos, on January 23.

The state visit to Vietnam by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is expected to create new momentum for Vietnam-Germany cooperation in key areas, including industry, trade and energy, Nguyen Sinh Nhat Tan, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, told Michael Kellner, Parliamentary State Secretary at Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, in Hanoi on January 23.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on January 23 launched the first-ever study on women-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Vietnam.

LOTUSat-1, Vietnam’s first ever indigenous weather satellite, is expected to be launched into orbit from December 2024 to February 2025, according to the Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).

VOV.VN - Nine paintings of Vietnamese children have been selected to compete in the Toyota Dream Car Art Contest, an event which is scheduled to take place in February in Japan.

VOV.VN - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his wife went on a tour of the historic Temple of Literature, Vietnam’s oldest university, on January 23 in Hanoi as part of their two-day state visit to the nation.

Despite their geographical distance, over the past years, Malta and Vietnam have identified similarities and common interests, helping them cooperate in many fields for the benefit of the two peoples, Malta Ambassador to Vietnam John Busuttil has told the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (January 14).