Without a significant Christian community, the purchasing power for pine trees and decorations for Christmas was still expected to increase in Vietnam as people long for a festive season after a long period of social distancing.

After more than a month opening its door to domestic and international tourists, Da Nang city’s tourism industry is still gloomy and no international visitor has come to the city.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue arrived at Noi Bai international airport in Hanoi on December 19 night, successfully concluding the six-day official visit to the Republic of Korea and India.

A go-kart track in Hanoi's Thanh Tri District has become popular.

Police have arrested and initiated legal proceedings against Phan Quoc Viet, general director of Viet A Technologies JSC, for allegedly raising the price of COVID-19 test kits.

Without digital transformation, the increase in average labor productivity of Vietnam in the coming years will be only 5-6%/year, but thanks to digital transformation, Vietnam can increase labor productivity by 8-10%/year.

Vietnam’s daily COVID-19 vaccination rate in November is the third highest in the world, just after billion-population India and China, according to the health ministry.

Since Christmas is just a few days away, the festive atmosphere has overwhelmed every corner of downtown Hanoi.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue had a meeting with Indian President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi on December 19 during his official visit to India from December 15-19.

Vietnam has set goals on industrialization. The question is what is an industrialized country and who can realize the goal of industrialization. What does the state do, what do businesses do? What are the characteristics of an industrialized country?

The financial industry is leading the way in using the cloud, but other firms in Vietnam are also using the platform for digital transformation, according to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Vietnam wants to raise up to US$10.5 billion for national railway development in the next 10 years.

The General Directorate of Vocational Education plans to offer training in 20 professions that are new to Vietnam.

Reports from the US Treasury Department reaffirming that Vietnam is not manipulating its currency for trade advantage is expected to benefit the stock and banking system.

Vietnam beat Cambodia 4-0 on December 19 to advance to the semifinals of the AFF Cup.

The Ministry of Investment and Trade (MOIT) has estimated that wood and woodwork exports in November brought turnover of $1.15 billion, an increase of 21 percent over the month before.

Vietnam has many opportunities to enhance exports to the European and American markets but logistic issues are causing bottlenecks to this potential.

A number of businesspeople  fled or  tried to flee the country to avoid arrest, including the following:

Golden Globe Science and Technology Award was given to Vietnamese citizens under the age of 35 with outstanding achievements in science and technology who are studying and carrying out research in the country or abroad.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has called for applying digital diplomacy into building a modern diplomatic sector to catch up with global trends.

A total of 16,110 new infections of COVID-19, including 17 imported cases, were reported in Vietnam during 24 hours from 4pm December 18 to 4pm December 19, according to the Ministry of Health.

Economic experts say that to have human resources who can adapt to the digital economy, Vietnam must focus on training.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the 14th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on December 18 to review its 2021 activities and launch tasks next year.

In order to ensure the Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control works, the Ministry of Health proposed to halt unnecessary activities of crowd gatherings.

In the next 24 hours, Rai is projected to maintain its strength at a speed of 15-20 kilometers an hour.