Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh agreed with Excelerate Energy's proposal to position Vietnam as a regional LNG distribution hub, while encouraging the firm to further explore opportunities to expand and deepen cooperation with Vietnamese partners in providing technological solutions and long-term LNG supply.

Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu on March 14 suggested Airbus expand its cooperation with Vietnam, especially in high-tech industries and human resource training.

Vietnam needs to have protective policies to encourage companies of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to voluntarily transfer technology to Vietnamese partners through their projects in the Southeast Asian nation, according to a scholar from the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP).

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is a key tourism market for the central beach city of Da Nang, accounting for more than half of all international arrivals to the city prior to COVID-19. Da Nang expects this major market to quickly recover over the remaining months of this year.

Many leading groups and corporations of the Republic of Korea, which operate in banking, finance, electricity, retail sales, and technology, have expressed their interest in cooperation with Vietnamese partners, including FPT Corporation, in the fields of new technologies digital transformation.

Nestle, the world’s largest food and beverage company, has committed to close relations with its Vietnamese partners to create shared value, said the company’s General Director for Vietnam Ganesan Ampalavanar.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh expressed her hope that the US organisation Operation Smile would continue providing plastic surgery for children with facial defects.

A delegation from the World Bank (WB) recently worked with Vietnamese partners to prepare for a project modernising the tax system in Vietnam, according to Deputy Finance Minister Do Hoang Anh Tuan.