HCMC, UK agree to enhance trade, investment ties
HCMC and the UK should strengthen cooperation in trade and investment, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said on March 16.
Vietnam-UK friendship year 2023 announced
A ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the UK on February 22 to announce the Vietnam-UK Friendship Year 2023: the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties.
UK supports Vietnam to develop wind power
The British Embassy in Hanoi has just cooperated with Vietnam Electricity and the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) to host the seminar series ‘Experience Sharing from the UK on effectively Operating and Managing the National Electricity Grid’.
Vietnam’s leaders offer condolences over death of Queen Elizabeth II
Vietnamese leaders on September 9 offered condolences to the Royal Family, Government, parliament, and people of the UK over the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Vietnam’s rice exports to the UK drop by 20 percent
The Ministry of Industry and Trade, on the morning of July 13, informed that the amount of Vietnamese rice exported to the UK was at risk of a sharp decline because rice from other countries captured the market share.
Meet Vietnam comes to UK’s Nottingham to promote trade, investment
The Trade Office of Vietnam in the UK in collaboration with the British importer of oriental food EUTEK Group has hosted Meet Vietnam in Nottingham to introduce Vietnamese products and promote opportunities for trade and investment between Vietnam and the British city.
Vietnamese goods, foods introduced in UK
A program to introduce Vietnamese goods and foods in the UK is underway at Longdan Supermarket in Crawley town, about 45km south of London.
Vietnam, UK seek ways to deepen strategic partnership
Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu and the UK's Minister of State for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling co-chaired the eighth Vietnam-UK strategic dialogue in Hanoi on March 28.
Vietnam reports first Omicron case, traveler from UK found infected
The Ministry of Health today in the early afternoon announced that the first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected.
PM leaves on Europe tour
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on August 31 for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), and for visits to the UK and France from October 31-November 5, at the invitation of his British and French counterparts Boris Johnson and Jean Castex.
Vietnam, UK agree on early mutual recognition of “vaccine passport”
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his UK counterpart Boris Johnson agreed that Vietnam and the UK will recognize each other's “vaccine passports” early during their online talks on October 26.
How two decades of EU migration went into reverse
Tens of thousands of foreign-born workers have left the UK. What does it mean for them, and for Britain?
UK calls for world to ‘get tough’ with China as part of global trade shake-up
International trade secretary Liz Truss urges G7 to work to revive WTO.
Vietnam, UK exchange official notes of UKVFTA
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung on March 26 chaired a ceremony to exchange official notes between Vietnam and the UK confirming the effective date of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).
UKVFTA ushers in new opportunities for Vietnam-UK trade
The conclusion of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) demonstrates the importance of Vietnam as a market and its heightened position in the eyes of the UK, Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Tran Ngoc An told the Vietnam News Agency after the finalisation of the bilateral trade deal in Hanoi on December 11.
UK introduces international practice in smart ticketing system implementation
In the framework of the Global Future City Program, the intervention for Smart Ticketing System for public transport, the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and the Department of Transportation Ho Chi Minh City have co-organized the series of workshop "International best practices in system implementation", said the city People’s Committee office yesterday.
Vietnam Covid-19 confirmed cases reach 61
Four more new infection cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) including three from Europe and one from Malaysia were confirmed by the Ministry of Health yesterday, bringing the national total to 61, with 16 full recoveries.
Vietnam suspends entry of tourists from or transiting Schengen countries, UK
Vietnam will temporarily deny entry of tourists coming from or transiting Schengen countries and the UK within 14 days before their intended arrival in Vietnam, and suspend visas-on-arrival at border gates amid the rapid and complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic.
Party economic commission delegation makes working trip to UK
A delegation led by deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Hong Son paid a working trip to the UK from August 26 – 31 to discuss ways strengthening bilateral strategic partnership, especially in economy, trade and investment.
HCMC, UK cooperate in smart city building
A Memorandum of Understanding for a project of using smart ticket system for the city’s public transport network was signed between the HCMC’s Department of Transport, the municipal Construction Department and the Consulate General of the United Kingdom in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17.