Vietnamese firms are striving to explore new export markets, improve production capacity and competitiveness, and deeply engage in value chains, especially in new and potential markets like Eastern European ones.

The first chartered flight from the Czech Republic carried 400 tourists to Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang on October 24, marking the return of visitors from Eastern Europe.

Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue's official visit to Hungary has attracted attention from the media in Eastern Europe.

A fire occurred in a two-storey apartment building owned by a Vietnamese national in Berlin, Germany, on February 2.

Huge opportunities remain in trade between Vietnam and Eastern Europe, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Hoang Quoc Vuong during a forum held in Ho Chi Minh City on May 8.

A film about Vietnamese expatriates in Eastern Europe in the 1980s was screened at the EU Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 22.

A number of troupes from the Tuoi Tre (Youth) Theatre will perform abroad in early 2016.