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The Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) has announced that it is running an event to promote the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s high quality consumer products in Vietnam at the Estella Place shopping mall in Ho Chi Minh City and Shopee e-commerce platform.

On November 22, Lenger Vietnam Seafood Company Limited, headquartered in An Xa Industrial Cluster, Nam Dinh Province, held a ceremony to export the first container of canned clam to Europe.

In the last 4 consecutive months, from July, iron and steel export turnover reached more than 1 billion USD a month, according to statistics of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

G Market integrates technology, supply chain solutions and new retail operations processes into a digital shopping experience that is practical and yet close to customers.

As the only market with increasing tuna export turnover, the Chinese market is the focused of 23 Vietnamese tuna exporters.

The State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 20 held a seminar themed “Overseas Vietnamese with the sea and islands of Vietnam."

Businesses in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang have adopted various ways to quickly restore production and business while ensuring pandemic prevention, according to Nguyen Thanh Liem, deputy head of the provincial management board for industrial zones.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to pay official visits to Switzerland and Russia from November 25 to December 2.

Vietnam has approved nine Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee during its fifth sitting on November 22 reviewed the second session of the 15th legislature and gave opinions on the preparations for a thematic meeting in December and the third session of the 15th NA

According to the Hanoi City Department of Education and Training, as of noon of November 21, all schools in 17 districts in Hanoi have completed preparations and are ready to welcome students back to school in person.

CNN has named Vietage train launched by Anantara Hotels in 2020 among the six amazing Asia train journeys for food, scenery and culture.

As one of five localities to pilot international arrivals after a long pause due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the central city of Da Nang has opened its doors to international tourists under a three-phase pilot road map. The city expects to greet 10,000 international visitors in the first phase.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 21 to commemorate people who lost their lives in traffic accidents.

Five Vietnamese have been named in the list of the world’s top 10,000 scientists, which was recently released by the US’s PLOS Biology Journal.

Former General Secretary of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association Ryokichi Motoyoshi, who is currently a legal consultant for Vietnamese people in Japan, has assessed that the relationship between Vietnam and Japan has maintained a good development pace in recent years.

(CPV) - Today (November 20th 2021) is World Children’s Day, celebrated all over the world – as Governments, civil society and adults reaffirm the commitment to building a safer, kinder, cleaner and opportunity filled world for children based on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the ASEAN-China Special Summit commemorating the 30th year of the ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations, which will be held virtually on November 22, at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

A programme on branding and market development for Vietnam’s frozen tra and basa (Pangasius) is being held in Australia in November and December.

The Vietnam-Japan extensive strategic partnership has been developing more solidly and practically than ever, even against the backdrop of COVID-19, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam has affirmed.

As of 4pm on November 20, Vietnam recorded 9,531 new cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours, including 13 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

A month on from implementing a Government resolution on safe and flexible adaptation and effective control of COVID-19, the number of critically-ill cases has fallen significantly, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony marking the Vietnamese Teachers’ Day and the new academic year 2021 - 2022 at the Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA) in Hanoi on November 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 20 pointed out a high risk of COVID-19 resurgence, demanding all-level authorities and sectors to take measures for pandemic adaptation and socio-economic development in a uniform and consistent manner.

After testing negative for COVID-19, the first foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” programme took a tour around Hoi An Ancient Town in the south-central province of Quang Nam on November 20.

Digital transformation index (DTI) rankings in 2020 for Vietnam's ministries and branches.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has requested Long Thanh International Airport project to be accelerated so that its first phase could be completed in January 2025.

The southern province of Binh Duong attracted 59 foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in the first 10 months of this year, a local official told a conference on November 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will pay an official visit to Japan from November 22-25, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The second Honorary Consulate of Vietnam in Italy was opened in Naples city of the Campania region on November 18.