HSBC Vietnam on Tuesday announced its commitment to arranging up to 12 billion USD of direct and indirect sustainable financing for Vietnam and the corporate sector in the country by 2030. The bank, in its letter to the Government, expressed its plan to financially and expertly back corporates’ promising and
Ho Chi Minh city hopes to welcome 3.5 million foreign visitors and tens of millions of domestic tourists in 2022. A conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday said the city expects to welcome about 25 million tourists if the COVID-19 pandemic stays under control. If the pandemic stays
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has proposed that Vietnam and the US increase contact and dialogue, and boost economic, trade and investment cooperation within the Trade and Investment Framework Agreements (TIFAs). Mr. Dung talked over the phone on Tuesday with Kurt Campbell, Deputy Assistant to the US President and
The top leaders of Vietnam and China agreed to maintain regular exchanges, and orient further developments of relations between the two countries in the spirit of neighborliness, friendship, comradeship and partnership. Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Chinese Party General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping exchanged letters
The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program, the US State Department reaffirmed Monday, after Tehran said it would consider such an option. A State Department spokesperson said that meeting directly would allow the “more efficient communication” needed to reach an understanding on
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited veteran revolutionaries on Tuesday, and presented gifts to disadvantaged and COVID-infected people in the north central province of Thanh Hoa ahead of Tet, the traditional Lunar New Year Festival. Mr. Chinh urged speeding up vaccination, effectively implementing pandemic prevention and control and socio-economic recovery
Burkina Faso’s army said it took control of the country on Monday, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution, and closing the country’s borders. This was announced on state television by Captain Sidsore Kader Ouedraogo, who said the takeover was carried out without violence and
