The United Nations General Assembly’s Sixth Committee has adopted by consensus a resolution negotiated under Vietnam's chairmanship on the Model Law on Automated Contracting (Model Law) drafted by the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

The government will focus more on transport infrastructure, especially expressways, to spur socioeconomic development, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a conference in Hanoi on January 13.

The third national workshop on the East Sea took place in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 19.

More than 5,000 administrative procedures, business conditions and specialised inspection procedures have been removed to facilitate European small and medium enterprises’ operation in Vietnam.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Russia Nguyen Thanh Son on February 25 visited the Moscow Trade Centre (MTC) or the Liublino Market where many overseas Vietnamese (OVs) are running businesses.