The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, or EVFTA, entered into force on August 1 last year and has created the conditions needed to boost bilateral trade between Vietnam and the EU. According to the General Statistics Office, total import-export turnover between the two sides in the first seven months of 2021 topped 32.2 billion USD, an increase of 4.4 billion USD compared to the same period of 2020.
The 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-54) opened on August 2 via videoconference, marking the beginning of a series of 20 meetings between ASEAN Foreign Ministers and their partners. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son headed a Vietnamese delegation to attend the event.
Ho Chi Minh City continues imposing city-wide social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 for an additional 14 days from 0:00 on August 2.
Authorities of Kokubunji city, west of Japan’s Tokyo capital city, on July 31 held an event to help local people understand more about Vietnam prior to the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games.
According to an announcement on August 2 from UNICEF Vietnam, more than 1.18 million doses of Vaxzevria COVID-19 vaccine (formerly known as AstraZeneca) from the COVAX Facility have arrived in the country.
After 9 years of negotiations, with the participation of more than 150 countries and many international organisations, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) was officially adopted on April 30, 1982, and opened for signature on December 10 of the same year in Montego Bay, Jamaica. 107 countries signed the Convention on the first day, including Vietnam.
Visitors to Song Ma district in the northern mountainous province of Son La these days will see a bustling atmosphere of farmers harvesting their ripened longans. The fruit has recently been exported to the EU and the UK despite the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Muong Va Tower in Son La province’s Sop Cop district was built in the mid-16th century. The tower was recognised as a national architectural and artistic relic by the Ministry of Culture and Sports in 1998. It has attracted large numbers of people coming to visit and learn about its unique architecture, which is considered a symbol of the border district of Sop Cop.
A drawing with the words “Our family has enough food, please give it to anyone in need” has gone viral on social networks recently. This small but meaningful act spreads a message of love, solidarity, and sharing with Vietnamese people facing difficulties, helping to magnify the determination to win out against the pandemic.
