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Total foreign direct investment (FDI) pledges to Vietnam in the first 11 months of 2021 were estimated at 26.46 billion USD, up slightly by 0.1% compared with the same period last year.

Vietjet and SR Technics, a world leading maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) service provider, on November 26 inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) worth 150 million USD involving the provision of MRO services on Vietjet’s CFM56-5B engine fleet, installed on their Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft.

Vietnam is expected to be the fastest-growing e-commerce market in Southeast Asia by 2026, with e-commerce Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) reaching 56 billion USD by 2026, 4.5 times the estimated value of 2021, according to a report by Facebook and Bain & Company.

Despite the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, shrimp exports have remained strong this year, also causing local retail prices to rise in the Mekong Delta.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has extended his congratulations to Anthony Rota over the latter's re-election as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien has congratulated Sinlavong Khutphaythoun on his re-election as President of the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) Central Committee.

Cambodia is determined to preserve the friendship, solidarity, and collaboration with Vietnam under the motto of good neighborliness, traditional friendship, and sustainable and long-term cooperation, said President of the Senate Samdech Vibol Sena Phekdei Say Chhum.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 26 sent a message of condolences to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over casualties in an accident at Listvyazhnaya mine in the Kemerovo Region a day earlier.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Tourism said that it has joined with some provinces in Vietnam to promote tourism at “Busan-ASEAN Week 2021” under the theme of “The colorful fragrance of ASEAN”.

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic’s severe impacts on global supply chains, the ASEAN market in close proximity with Vietnam is holding opportunities for the country’s enterprises, an official has said.

(CPV) – On November 26, Director General of the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong, and Director General of Statistics Denmark Birgitte Anker signed an agreement to support Vietnam’s ongoing efforts to provide adequate and trustworthy official statistics, based on international standards and trends.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held talks with his Swiss counterpart Guy Parmelin following the official welcome ceremony for the Vietnamese leader in Bern city on November 26.

On November 25, a representative of G.A. Consultants Japan Group donated USD100,000 to Vietnam’s Vaccine Fund for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Before the official visit of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Russia from November 29 to December 2, Russian expert Grigory Trofimchuk, Chairman of the Expert Council of the Asia – Europe Research Foundation, said that the visit is an important political event, creating momentum for the further development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between the Russian Federation and Vietnam.

A seminar was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Argentina on November 24 to explore development potential for trade between Vietnam and Argentina.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI) said that a Vietnam Innovation Network in Chinese Taipei (VIN Taiwan) has been set up in Taiwan (China), marking a new development step of the Vietnamese intellectual community in the territory.

Vietnam held its place as the seventh largest tea supplier to the United States during the past nine months of the year with 4,100 tonnes worth US$5.7 million, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

A ceremony to receive financial contributions for the second phase of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s Renovation of the Nuclear Applications Laboratories (ReNuAL 2) was held in Seibersdorf, Austria on November 25.

The central coastal province of Khanh Hoa expects to welcome some 9,350 international tourists on board 48 flights from now until the end of 2021, according to director of the provincial Department of Tourism Nguyen Thi Le Thanh.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on November 26 morning (local time), beginning his official visit to the European country at an invitation of his Swiss counterpart Guy Parmelin.

The Department of Information under Ministry of Science and Technology has held a ceremony to launch an information exchange for technology and equipment.

Chairwoman of the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee To Thi Bich Chau received 10,000 ampoules of Cytoflavin donated by the Polysan Science & Technology Company in Russia’s Saint-Petersburg to aid the local treatment of COVID-19 patients.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to Japan from November 22-25 has been widely reported by major Japanese media agencies.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will pay an official visit to Switzerland from November 25-29. The visit is made at the invitation of Swiss President Guy Parmelin. More than half a century, relations between Vietnam and Switzerland have developed strongly not only in politics and multilateral cooperation but also in trade, investment, science, culture, tourism and people-to-people exchange.

On November 24, a working session between representatives of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Vietnam, the Department of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, and Bach Mai Hospital took place on the project on strengthening technical support for HIV/AIDS prevention in Vietnam (PIC).

According to information from the Norwegian People's Aid /Project RENEW (NPA/RENEW), the project's operation management team has just been handed over to the authorities of Thai Lai village, Vinh Thai commune and Huynh Cong Tay and Vinh Tu villages in Vinh Linh district, Quang Tri province, nearly 4 million square meters of land that has been cleared of explosives.

Swiss Ambassador to Vietnam Ivo Sieber and Dr. Pham Lan Dung, Acting Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV), on November 24 cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Geneva Conference Room at DAV's new lecture hall building.

On November 24, German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner presented 75 ventilators, 15 monitors and 20,000 oxygen and heart rate monitors to the Hanoi Medical University Hospital.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking Government delegation arrived in Hanoi on November 25 evening, concluding an official visit to Japan from November 22-25 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on November 25 received 10,000 ampoules of Cytoflavin donated by the Polysan Science & Technology Company in Russia’s Saint-Petersburg to aid the local treatment of COVID-19 patients.