The total export turnover of timer and forestry products this year reached a new record of nearly US$16 billion, representing a trade surplus of nearly US$13 billion.

Vietnam has excellently completed its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the 2020-2021 tenure.

No sooner had the appropriation of billions of Vietnamese dong been discovered than the fraudsters suddenly disclosed their swindles, which were quickly done thanks to the trust and affection they easily gained from the victims.

Preliminary treatment centers and cold storage warehouses along the border and systematic logistics chains are both needed, experts said.

Many banks have recently offered to sell mortgaged assets, mainly real estate, worth billions of VND, to recover debts amid the recovery of the realty market.

Hanoi has reinforced inspection over business households and collected tens of trillion of dong worth of tax arrears from businesses via Google, Facebook and Youtube and online sales.

The electric-car race is only just beginning in Vietnam and VinFast have taken an early lead. Late last week they officially handed over the first batch of VFe34 electric automobiles to clients, the first electric cars to hit the road in Vietnam.

Vo Nguyen Quynh Trang, 26, from Gia Lai Province, is to be prosecuted for abusing an 8-year-old child to death.

An eatery that serves meat skewers located in front of Ham Long Church has been a popular destination for many young people in Hanoi for 15 years. It sells at least 700 meat skewers a day, sometimes 1,000.

An entrant returning from the UK was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on December 28 to be the first Omicron case recorded in the nation.

More than 700,000 small and micro enterprises in the food and beverage sector have suspended their operations, said Nguyen Quoc Ky, chairman of Vietravel and the Vietnam Culinary Culture Association.

HCM City has added VND4.1 trillion (about US$179.6 million) to its COVID-19 relief package, according to Le Minh Tan, director of its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Since 2019, VinCSS has embarked on research and development of a "Make in Vietnam" ecosystem entirely on strong passwordless authentication with 07 complete solutions and is still being innovated.

Vietnam’s commitment to increasing its energy capacity using renewable sources will lead to increasing recruitment demand, especially in the next few years, but its human resources are not sufficient.

The Customs Department of Lang Son Province has proposed transporting goods to China by rail to cope with the huge backlog of goods along the northern border.

As the telecommunication market is getting saturated, new content services such as livestream and e-sports are expected to help telecom carriers maintain growth.

As China continues to stick to its zero-COVID policy and impose strict measures on people and goods entering the country, Vietnamese authorities are putting forward solutions to ease trade bottlenecks at border gates.

Hanoi is preparing to start work on three new urban railway projects by 2025, said municipal vice chairman Duong Duc Tuan.

Vietnam Airlines Group to resume 10 more domestic routes in January

The Government of Vietnam and the WB have signed an agreement for financing of US$221.5 million to support Vietnam’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic through policy reforms on improving financial inclusion and greater environmental resilience.