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(VEN) - Vietnam and Brunei Darussalam have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive partnership, a move expected to create momentum for multi-faceted cooperation in politics, defense, security, trade, investment, energy, education, and people-to-people exchanges, among others.

India suspended cross-border trade with Pakistan-controlled Kashmir because it was being used to funnel weapons and drugs, the government said on Thursday, in a further crackdown in the volatile territory.

(VEN) - The United States hosted a workshop in Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 focused on U.S.-Vietnam cooperation in Vietnam’s airport infrastructure development.

Turkey’s unemployment rate surged to 14.7 percent in the December-February period, its highest level in nearly a decade according to official data on Monday, as the effects of last year’s currency crisis continued to weigh on workers.

An official welcome ceremony for Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a Vietnamese high-ranking delegation, who are on an official visit to the Czech Republic, was hosted by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis in Prague on the morning of April 17 (local time).

Vietnam treasures and wants to expand its cooperation with African countries, including Seychelles, stated Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 16.

The Siam Commercial Bank’s (SCB) latest review of the Thai economy reveals a healthy expansion rate despite a decrease in growth due to the global economy, trade war between the United States and China, and uncertainty among private companies on the formation of new government.

Hanoi is willing to cooperate with and create favorable conditions for German enterprises as a whole and those from Thuringia State in particular to do business in the city, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung affirmed.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his wish for stronger partnership between localities of Vietnam and Romania during his visit to Prahova, a county with dynamic economic development in Romania, on April 14 (local time).

The Vietnam-Austria joint venture Mavin Group will join hands with Hungarian institutes and firms to improve the quality of carp fry in Vietnam and the Southeast Asian region.

(VEN) - Natalie Black, Her Majesty’s Trade Commissioner (HMTC) for Asia Pacific, will visit Vietnam from April 16-18.

The European Union decision to offer Britain a six-month delay in exiting the economic bloc averts disaster but perpetuates the uncertainty of Brexit, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said Thursday (Apr 11).

Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen has said that the Netherlands is ready to boost all-round ties with Ho Chi Minh City, especially in smart urban development, high-tech zones, and technology.

Customs cooperation and healthy financial infrastructure remain the top challenges for ASEAN in its efforts to strengthen economic integration and redistribute economic wealth, reported The Nation – an English-language daily newspaper based in Bangkok, Thailand – on April 8.

Ho Chi Minh City and Cuba hold great potential for stronger cooperation, especially in the fields of trade and investment, experts said at a workshop in HCM City on April 4.

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its forecast for Chinese growth by 0.1 point to 6.3 percent this year even as it cut its outlook for global growth to the lowest since the financial crisis.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte agreed to upgrade Vietnam-Netherlands ties to the comprehensive partnership level during their talks in Hanoi on April 9, the same day that their diplomatic ties were established 46 years ago.

The number of children who are affected by the Venezuelan crisis and who will need humanitarian aid this year is expected to more than double to reach 1.1 million, up from nearly 500,000.

Vietnam is Kazakhstan’s important partner in Southeast Asia, affirmed Chairman of the Mazhilis (lower house) of the Parliament of Kazakhstan Nurlan Nigmatulin.

Jordan is making economic sectors that offer “high growth potential” a priority, especially tourism, the country’s King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein said during his keynote speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), which kicked off last Saturday in Jordan’s Dead Sea region.

Vietnam treasures ties with Qatar, considering the country an important partner in the region, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan said.

The Vietnamese Government will create favourable conditions for Italian enterprises to invest in the Southeast Asian country, helping increase the trade value between the two nations, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.

Vietnamese Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung met with his Thai counterpart Apisak Tantivorawong on April 4, discussing priorities in finance issues in ASEAN in 2019 and 2020.

Singapore-based KrisEnergy company is expected to launch the extraction of crude oil in Cambodia in late 2019 or early 2020 but that oil will not be refined in the country.