Remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese to Ho Chi Minh City are expected to surge about 10% in 2024 from a record high of US$9.46 billion in 2023, according to Nguyen Duc Lenh, Deputy Director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s Ho Chi Minh City Branch.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the union of Vietnamese associations in Japan are exerting citizen protection efforts after two Vietnamese workers went missing while fishing off the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture on October 12.

Newly-appointed Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Van Hai paid a courtesy call to President of the Mexican Senate Gerardo Fernandez Noroña on October 15.

VOV.VN - Do Manh Cuong, one of Vietnam’s leading designers, is scheduled to open the Vietnam International Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2024 in Hanoi from November 13 to 16.

VOV.VN - Vietnam imports corn from five major markets, with Argentina emerging as the largest supplier, accounting for 57% of the country’s total corn imports over the past nine months, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnamese sugar industry has led the region in sugar productivity for the first time, according to the Vietnam Sugarcane and Sugar Association (VSSA).

VOV.VN - BAF Vietnam Agricultural Joint Stock Company signed a strategic partnership deal with China’s Muyuan Foods Co., Ltd on October 16 to step up cooperation in hi-tech livestock farming.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Minh Tam has affirmed that the Party and State of Vietnam always value and prioritise the development of the great friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.

The Pakistan Academy of Letters will translate “Truyen Kieu” (The Tale of Kieu) by legendary poet Nguyen Du and “Nhat Ky Trong Tu” (Prison Diary) by late President Ho Chi Minh into Urdu – the national language of Pakistan, and published them for public viewing.

VOV.VN - The great epic poem “Truyện Kiều" (“The Tale of Kieu”) by poet Nguyen Du and the famous “Nhật Ký Trong Tù” (“Prison Diary”) written by President Ho Chi Minh will both be translated into Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, in the near future.