Representatives of social impact businesses (SIB), State agencies, investors and financial intermediaries gathered on December 12 at the SIB Connect 2023 – an annual festival of the SIB ecosystem - to share initiatives and experience, and discuss challenges and opportunities for the ecosystem’s development.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Canada's Vancouver city and the Vietnam - Canada Business Association (VCBA) have jointly organised a Vietnamese Food Day in the city of same name, aiming to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (1973-2023).

Many Vietnamese businesses have benefited from a Republic of Korea (RoK)-funded project on promoting energy efficiency investment in the industrial sector and supporting the implementation of the green growth action plan in Vietnam (EE&GG), heard a seminar held in Hanoi on December 12.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Economic Forum was held on December 12 in Hanoi to discuss the Vietnamese economy at the half term of the 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses to further co-operate in investment and trade whilst enhancing connectivity, thus helping to consolidate the time-honoured friendship between the two peoples.

VOV.VN - Chinese investors took the lead in terms of the number of newly-registered projects in Vietnam during the 11-month period with 632 with a total investment capital exceeding US$3 million, according to figures given by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

More than 300 Vietnamese students in the Czech Republic participated in a career orientation conference held in Prague on December 10.

The upgrade of the Vietnam - US relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership for peace, cooperation, and sustainable development will create a new impetus and an open corridor for further promoting bilateral ties in the future, said Vietnamese Ambassador to the US Nguyen Quoc Dung.

The Vietnam Rice Industry Association (VIETRISA) made its debut at its first congress for the 2023 - 2028 tenure held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on December 11.

Vietnamese Professionals in Japan organised an event entitled "The Debaters" in Tokyo on December 10.