President receives outgoing Thai ambassador

President receives outgoing Thai ambassador

(VOVworld) – President Truong Tan Sang received outgoing Thai ambassador Panyarak Poolthup on Wednesday. He praised the ambassador’s contributions to friendship between the two countries during his stay in Vietnam and conveyed...
Enhancing Vietnam, China parliamentary cooperation

Enhancing Vietnam, China parliamentary cooperation

(VOVworld) – National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung left Hanoi on December 23 for a 4-day official visit to China, aiming to enhance legislative ties and comprehensive strategic partnership between the...
FDI improvement in 2015

FDI improvement in 2015

(VOVworld) – Despite global fluctuations in 2015, Vietnam has attracted a great deal of foreign direct investment capital. By the end of last month, newly registered or expanded FDI for Vietnam...
Casino Group might sell Vietnam Big C

Casino Group might sell Vietnam Big C

(VOVworld) - Casino Group may sell its Big C supermarket chain in Vietnam as it seeks to strengthen its financial flexibility by selling assets in Vietnam, as well as Thailand and Colombia...
France supports Vietnam in East Sea-related issues

France supports Vietnam in East Sea-related issues

(VOVworld) – President of the French Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Elisabeth Guigou is on a working visit to Vietnam. At a reception on Wednesday, President Truong Tan Sang said Vietnam and...
Opportunities offered by FTAs for Vietnamese economy

Opportunities offered by FTAs for Vietnamese economy

(VOVworld) – In 2015 Vietnam signed free trade agreements with the Republic of Korea and the Eurasia Economic Union and completed European Union FTA and Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement negotiations. The trade deals...
Sharp increase in Canada-Vietnam bilateral trade

Sharp increase in Canada-Vietnam bilateral trade

(VOVworld) – Statistic Canada reports that bilateral trade between Canada and Vietnam in the first 9 months of the year reached 2.8 billion USD. Vietnam’s exports to Canada were worth 2.4 billion USD, up 31% from last year....
Revolution on climate change response

Revolution on climate change response

(VOVworld) – After 2 weeks of tense negotiations, a historic climate agreement was finally adopted on December 12 by 195 countries at COP21, the UN conference on climate change, in Paris....