Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has hailed Israel as a promising market of Vietnam in West Asia.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education and the Truth National Political Publishing House on November 16 introduced a book featuring Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong’s article.

Vietnam will need about 313 trillion VND (13.7 billion USD) to develop a modern seaport system between now and 2030, and the funding will mostly come from non-budget sources.

Economic expert Pham Chi Lan said that financial solutions to support pandemic-affected businesses this year have not yet learned from the irrationalities of 2020. 

Most recently, Vietnam's e-government development strategy towards digital government for the period 2021-2025 with a vision to 2030 has clearly identified that data is a new type of resource.

Millions of overseas Vietnamese want to fly to Vietnam to celebrate Tet but international commercial flights have not resumed and few “rescue” flights exist.

Miss Vietnam Do Thi Ha showed her preparations for the Miss World 2021 pageant in Puerto Rico at an event on November 15.

Wind and solar power has been developing at lightening speed in Vietnam recently. Now is the time to think about dealing with the equipment when it’s life cycle ends.

The bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and South Korea reached $63.4 billion in the first 10 months of 2021 and is likely to exceed $70 billion by the end of the year.

Hu tieu (noodle soup), milk tea, broken rice, snails and fried fish balls – the common dishes of Vietnamese – are being sold at shops on HCM City’s Bui Vien Street.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on November 16 officially received a permit from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate non-stop commercial flight service between Vietnam and the US.

Ho Chi Minh City has established eight temporary hospitals with nearly 300 beds each to treat moderately ill COVID-19 patients and people with underlying medical conditions as the number of COVID-19 cases rises.

Despite putting up a solid performance, Vietnam still lost 0-1 to Saudi Arabia in their match in Group B of the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian qualifiers at Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium on November 16 evening.

The 26-minute documentary ‘The Eternal Springtime’ by Vietnamese director Viet Vu has met the criteria for the 2022 Academy Awards (Oscar) nominations for best documentary (short subject).

The Government on November 15 suggested that the National Assembly (NA) approve public funding for all 12 subprojects of the 729-kilometer North-South expressway project in the 2021-2025 period.

The digitalisation of art and culture archives has been taking place around the world for many years, and Vietnam is no exception. 

With the local rice demand taken into account, the Mekong Delta region has some 2.5 million tons of rice left in November and December that can be exported.

The situation changed in a positive direction when the stock market and and stock prices went up. This will enable divestment from SOEs and the equitization process to take place more easily.

Thanks to an expected upturn in retail demand between now and the end of the year, the total revenue for 2021 is expected to have grown by three to four per cent, when compared with the previous year. 

A diplomat from Vietnam urged the eradication of barriers and discrimination against widows in conflicts while addressing an Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on November 15.