Vietnam’s exports to the EU are forecast to grow next year thanks to the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and rising demand in the EU market. One year after the EVFTA came into effect in August 2020, two-way trade rose 12% to hit 54.87 billion USD. Despite the devastating impact

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has ordered the Transport Ministry to start 12 component projects of the transnational expressway as early as next year as Vietnam aims to have 3,000km of expressways by 2025. Vietnam now has 1,200km of expressways.  At a meeting of the Ministry on Saturday, Mr.

The Saudi-led coalition on Saturday launched a “large-scale” assault on Yemen amid an escalation of tensions between the coalition and the Houthi rebels.  The attack came after two people were killed and seven others wounded in a projectile attack on Jazan, a southern region of Saudi Arabia bordering Yemen. It was the first

More than 200 tourists from Uzbekistan with vaccine passports landed on Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on Saturday after a 6-hour flight from Yuzhny Tashket International Airport. This has been the second group of foreign tourists to Vietnam since the country piloted the vaccine passport

Iran has no plans to enrich uranium beyond 60% if nuclear talks in Vienna fail, the head of the country’s atomic agency said on Saturday. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran director Mohammad Eslami said the enrichment levels were related to Iran’s industrial and production needs and those of Iranian people. Eslami was speaking

Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied Saturday two months on since a military coup, demanding soldiers “go back to the barracks” and calling for a transition to civilian rule.  Waving flags, beating drums, dancing and chanting, crowds marched on the streets of Khartoum despite a heavy deployment of security forces, who later