- Vietnam and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have cooperated fruitfully overthe past 30 years, and their cooperation is expected to grow further in thenext three decades, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on March 13.
Addressing a ceremony in Hanoi marking the 30 years of the partnership, the PMappreciated the bank’s support to Vietnam, especially in infrastructuredevelopment, poverty reduction, education and health care, particularly inremote, border and island areas.
- Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang lauded the World Bank (WB) for itscontinued support in mobilising funding for development projects in Vietnam ata reception in Hanoi on March 13 for WB Country Director Carolyn Turk.
Quang suggested that both sides continue working closely together to overcomedifficulties in the implementation and completion of projects using WB’s loans.
- Vietnam always rolls out the red carpet for projects that lay the foundationfor the development of the renewable energy industry, helping the Governmentcomplete policies and the investment environment in the sector, Deputy PrimeMinister Tran Hong Ha said on March 13.
He made the statement while hosting a reception for Deputy Head of Mission ofthe Danish Embassy in Vietnam Mette Ekeroth and President and CEO of VestasGroup Anders Runevad.
- With their market sizes and complementary strengths, Vietnam and Shandongprovince of China still have a lot of room to enhance economic and tradecooperation, an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade(MoIT) said on March 13.
Addressing a business matching conference in Hanoi, Director of the MoIT’sTrade Promotion Agency Vu Ba Phu said China has been the biggest tradingpartner of Vietnam for more than 20 straight years. Meanwhile, Vietnam rankedfirst in ASEAN and seventh in the world among trading partners of China in2023.
- Vietnam has showed its responsibility in participating in the ReCAAPAgreement and effectively combating maritime crimes, affirmed Major General VuTrung Kien, Deputy Commander in charge of law of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG)at the 18th ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) Governing Council Meetingin Singapore on March 13.
The meeting saw the participation of members of the governing council,officials from 21 member countries of the Regional Cooperation Agreement onCombating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), and guestdelegates from 10 maritime organisations, shipping associations, internationaland regional research institutes.
- The French Defense Audiovisual Agency (ECPAD) has made public a photo book on the Dien Bien Phu campaign in Vietnam, including never-before-seen images, on the occasion of its 70th anniversary.
The 211-page book contains 162 photos, both colour and black-and-white, re-creating the historic campaign, from March 13 to May 7, 1954, said Marina Berthier, an ECPAD employee who played a role in publishing the book, noting most of them taken by war photojournalists like Jean Péraud and Daniel Camus, or by soldiers themselves.
- The Asian markets, especially Southeast Asia and Middle East, still hold vastpotential for Vietnamese vegetable and fruit exports, experts said at a forumregarding the goods held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.
Le Thi Mai Anh from the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asia-Pacific MarketDepartment – the organiser of the forum – elaborated on the point by notingthat in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, Vietnamholds a geographical advantage with convenient transport time, minimising risksthat could affect the quality of vegetables and fruits. This is also a largeand open market, with import duties ranging from 0 to 5%.
- Nearly 100 one-on-one business meetings between Vietnamese importers andenterprises from Gyeongbuk and Chungbuk provinces of the Republic of Korea(RoK) have been arranged during a recent trade exchange programme in Hanoi,said the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency in Hanoi (KOTRA Hanoi).
- HortEx Vietnam 2024, the sixth international exhibition and conference forhorticultural and floricultural production and processing technology in Vietnam,opened in Ho Chi Minh City on March 13.
The event attracted over 200 exhibitors from 25 countries and territoriesaround the world, including the Netherlands, China, France, Germany, Greece,Thailand, the US, the UK and Australia, among others. The three-day event is isexpected to welcome 8,000 visitors. ./.
VNA
