Foreign affairs

President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO)Nguyen Phuong Nga (right) presents Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Vietnam Anar Lachin Oglu Imanov with a Commemorative Medal for Peace and Friendship among Nations. She hailed Imanov, the first ambassador of Azerbaijan in Vietnam, for his important contributions to strengthening and accelerating the friendship and cooperation between the two peoples since the Azerbaijanese Embassy was established in Hanoi in 2013. … [Read more...] about Azerbaijanese ambassador honored for fostering ties

Vietnamese law treats theft as a criminal offense only if the stolen property exceeds VND2 million ($87) in value and many Chinese culprits caught in recent years have just been fined and deported, because the stolen assets were valued less than the threshold. … [Read more...] about On-board thefts by foreigners continue to plague Vietnamese airlines

With the presence of the large-scale LNG-fired thermal power plant, the southern province of Bạc Liêu surpassed other localities to become the most attractive investment destination for foreign investors. The province alone accounted for 62 per cent of the total FDI registered in the country in the January-February period. … [Read more...] about FDI inflow to Việt Nam plunges in two months

According to the Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, 4,626 South Korean employees at 2,030 enterprises, about 2,399 Chinese employees at 741 enterprises and 3,672 Japanese employees have work permits in HCM City. In January and February, 406 workers from South Korea, 144 from China and 275 from Japan came to HCM City. It is estimated that firms in HCM City were expecting 1,500 employees from South Korea and Japan to work over March, April and May. Some 40,496 people from HCM City work in Japan, Taiwan and South Korea and the city authorities have implemented many measures and support policies. Over 4,815 foreign employees in the city are from virus outbreak areas. Out of them, 2,466 are Chinese employees and 1,116 of them returned to Vietnam to work after the lunar new year holiday and were quarantined. After 14 days, all of them were cleared to return to work. The Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs suggested that HCM City authorities should … [Read more...] about Chinese employees return to work in HCM City

Previously the festival had been scheduled to take place on Nguyen Hue pedestrian street between March 6- 22. However the nature of the developments relating to the COVID-19 epidemic has forced organisers to move the dates, with the event now set to be pushed back to April. … [Read more...] about HCM City postpones Ao Dai Festival due to COVID-19 fears