Despite difficulties caused by Covid-19, many Vietnamese businesses have been able to survive and develop.

Earnings from shrimp exports reached 3.85 billion USD last year, up 15 percent year-on-year despite difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, assessed that the proportion of domestic revenue in the total budget collection in the period from 2016 to 2020 had increased from 62.1 percent to 71.45 percent.

At present, the cost of solar power panels has cooled down, so shortly, the MoIT would suggest the purchasing price of solar power without using feed-in tariffs (FITs).

The year 2020 will go down in history for a host of reasons, one being that the COVID-19 pandemic shut borders that had long been open wide for trade.

The runway renovation project commenced on June 29 last year, with a total investment of some VND2 trillion.

The price of tra (pangasius) fish has experienced one fluctuation after another. This year is forecast to be a recovery time for the fish.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked the health sector to continue using drastic measures to tackle COVID-19 this year, particularly ahead of the Tet (Lunar New Year) celebrations and other important events.

Nikkei Asia, the world’s largest financial newspaper published by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., has named Vietnam among the Asian trio that has succeeded in limiting the local transmission rate of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to almost zero.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on January 5 called on the entire political system and people to tighten and follow COVID-19 prevention and control measures 

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has submitted a report to PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc, proposing that inbound flights should be suspended or limited from countries and territories where new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are found.

Improving corporate governance and listing shares on the bourse were the major activities of banks in 2020. Digital transformation was also accelerated.

With 2020 considered a special year for Vietnam due to COVID-19 pandemic having a huge impact on all aspects of life, the Party’s correct direction and the Government’s prompt measures have led the country to bring the pandemic under control. 

Vietnam detects first COVID-19 case carrying the newly found, highly contagious variant of coronavirus on Saturday.

The observance of Covid-19 prevention and control protocol will continue to be the motto of Hanoi's tourism industry in 2021.

The highest bonus for the lunar New Year in HCM City or Tet holiday is expected to be more than VND1 billion (USD43,478), meanwhile the figure for the New Year is VND990 million (USD42,251).

The COVID-19 pandemic caused retail revenue to drop sharply in 2020, impacting the domestic retail property market, according to Savills Vietnam.

Development of major ports and port clusters will get priority in the new master plan for the country’s port system for 2021-2030, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat has said.

Enterprises in HCM City are seeking students for jobs and internships to meet production needs before Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday which will falls on February 12-15.

Although 2020 was a tough year for the entertainment industry in Vietnam as well as the rest of the world, young Vietnamese singers gained outstanding achievements at international music award events.