Hanoi, March 12 -- The London-based Financial Times (FT) was granted a licence to reopen its permanent office in Vietnam at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 12. At the event, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang commended the newspaper for its past contributions to connecting Vietnam with the UK and the wider world. She expressed her confidence that with its professionalism, credibility, and coordination with the ministry and other Vietnamese Government bodies, the FT would continue to play a key role in strengthening bilateral ties and promoting Vietnam's image globally. The Deputy Minister stressed that Vietnam is entering a new era - the era of the nation's rise and hoped that the FT would help ...