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An overview of the dialogue. Photo: VOV The first Ho Chi Minh City Friendship Dialogue (FD HCMC), themed “Resilience Adaptation for Recovery and Development”, was held on December 3 with the participation of over 20 foreign delegations from many countries, such as Germany, Korea, the United States, Australia, Japan, Russia, EU countries, and ASEAN nations, VNA and VOV reported. The event aims to promote the friendship and cooperation between HCM City and foreign localities as well as popularise the country and people to international friends. Speaking at the opening, Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said in addition to the rapid expansion of cooperative relations, the city’s collaboration activities are diversified, bringing many practical results, contributing to the implementation of the country’s foreign policy and serving the city’s socio-economic development. Currently, HCM City has established friendly and cooperative relations with 53 loca...

NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (standing) addresses the Vietnam-Australia economic cooperation forum. Photo: VNA Attending a Vietnam-Australia economic cooperation forum on December 2 afternoon (local time), National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue was welcomed by Lord Mayor of Melbourne Sally Capp and Victoria’s Commissioner to Southeast Asia Rebecca Hall, VNA reported Saturday. Apart from agricultural cooperation, Hall said Australian enterprises are interested in various fields in Vietnam such as health care, maternal and baby care, and preschool education in Vietnam. As of November 2022, Vietnam attracted 36,109 projects worth USD 437.52 billion from 141 countries and territories, heard the forum. At the event, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Quoc Khanh called for Australia’s increased investment in Vietnam in workforce training, digital transformation and hi-tech agriculture. They...

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese legislature arrived at Auckland International Airport. Photo: VOV Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese legislature arrived at Auckland International Airport in the late afternoon of December 3 (local time), beginning their official visit to New Zealand at the invitation of Speaker of the House of Representatives Adrian Rurawhe, VNA reported. This marks the first trip by a Vietnamese high-ranking leader to Australia and New Zealand since Vietnam and the two countries fully reopened their doors after the pandemic, and also Hue’s first official tour of the two countries as the NA Chairman. The delegation was welcomed at the Auckland International Airport by Vietnamese Ambassador to New Zealand Nguyen Van Trung, the Vietnamese Embassy’s staff and representatives of the New Zealand government and Auckland city’s administr...

A view of Tam Dao. Photo: Vietnamnet The People’s Committees of Vinh Phuc province and Tam Dao district held a ceremony on December 2 to announce the award, VietnamPlus said. The title was previously announced at the 29th World Travel Awards held in Oman last months. In his remarks, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Vu Viet Van said the award is a recognition of the initial success of the district’s tourism sector, helping to improve the position and value of the Tam Dao National Tourist Area, and promoting the development of the tourism industry in Vinh Phuc province. This marks the first time Tam Dao has been awarded the world’s leading town destination. To get the award, Tam Dao overcame many town destinations in the US, Japan, the Czech Republic, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Nepal, and New Zealand. The World Travel Awards, launched in 1993, acknowledge excellence in the tourism industry, and have been described as the “travel industry’s equivalent ...