August 8, 2022

RCEP boosts ASEAN-China economic cooperation

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) has played a great role in promoting economic cooperation among its member, according to Li Kuiwen, Director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of the General Administration of Customs of China.  In July, he said, trade between China and RCEP partners totaled 180

Read More

Israel agrees to humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

  Israel has agreed to a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, to take effect on Monday. France’s AFP news agency reported that Israel had agreed to the ceasefire and Egypt is waiting for a response from the Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s Channel 13, however, quoted

Read More

FBI hands over cultural artifacts, antiquities to Vietnamese Embassy

The Vietnamese Embassy in the US has received cultural artifacts and antiquities from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which discovered and seized a large collection of more than 7,000 cultural artifacts illegally held by an American citizen. The FBI took possession of the artefacts during an operation from

Read More

PM says Vietnam speeds up digital transformation efficiently

 Digital transformation is happening quickly in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Monday at the third meeting of the National Committee on Digital Transformation to assess the pace in the first half of this year and outline tasks for the time ahead. Mr. Chinh said digital transformation is Vietnam’s

Read More

First cargo ship arrives in Ukraine

  The first cargo vessel since Russia began its special military operation in Ukraine arrived at Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk to pick up grain bound for foreign markets, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry said on Sunday. Four other ships carrying 170,000 tons of corn and other foodstuffs have sailed from

Read More

Vietnam’s economic growth forecast at 7.5% in 2022: World Bank

Vietnam’s GDP growth is forecast to expand 7.5% in 2022 and 6.7% in 2023, with resilient manufacturing and a robust rebound in services serving as the driving forces for economic recovery, according to the latest economic update by the World Bank (WB) for Vietnam. The bi-annual report says inflation is projected to average 3.8% over

Read More

Recent Posts