Việt Nam News

In the first 11 months of this year dragonfruit exports fell by 10 per cent because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still dominated Vietnamese fruit exports with shipments of more than US$1 billion.

Handicrafts are identified as one of the product groups with great export potential and high profit margin that Việt Nam needs to boost to be key export industry in the coming years.

Construction of the much-awaited Long Thành international airport in the southern province of Đồng Nai and near HCM City began today after years of delay.

Although many forecasts said that inflation would be controlled at less than four per cent this year, economists recommended it was still important to pay attention to inflationary pressures.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Mỹ Thuận-Cần Thơ Expressway was held in the Mekong Delta province of Vĩnh Long on Monday.

Vietnamese started the first session of this year on a positive note, with the three major indexes notching solid yearly gains despite an economy ravaged by the COVID-19 as investors looked to a post-pandemic world.

However, despite challenges, Việt Nam is seen a bright spot in a bleak picture of the world economy. The country is one of the 10 economies with the highest GDP growth in 2020.

Vietnamese exporters in the steel and mechanic sectors expect to get easier access to the UK market following the signing of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) last month.

The National Public Service Portal with a payment platform connected to four banks and six payment intermediaries will save about VNĐ8 trillion (US$347 million) a year after launching, said the Government Office.

The recent recovery was thanks to a complete restoration of domestic routes and the continued good performance of freight transport.

Debuting on a new bourse may give a boost to the stock price, but the market reactions were not quite positive for the banks doing so in 2020.