List of FTAs joined by Vietnam as of December 2020 in which Vietnam has joined cover most continents. They comprise nearly 60 economies which altogether make up ~90% global GDP.

The COVID-19 checkpoint of Si Lo Lau Border Guard Station in the northern province of Lai Chau has been engulfed in fog and frost almost around the clock in the last few days.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (January 25-February 2, 2021) is one of the most prominent political events this year.

Vietnam’s wood industry is leaving behind a successful 2020, ready to embrace the new advantages that some of last year’s signed and effective trade agreements bring with them. 

The Directorate of Fisheries is implementing software and piloting the electronic traceability for seafood products to meet state management and market requirements.

“The right to freedom of opinion is of fundamental importance,” Steffen Seibert, spokesperson for Angela Merkel, said at a press conference on Monday, adding that Merkel had considered Trump’s Twitter ban “problematic".

CMC Telecom under a new agreement will provide technological solutions to help VietNamNet maximize its ability to provide content on digital platforms.

Binh Tinh, a talented theatre actress of HCM City, will release two videos featuring cai luong (reformed opera) on YouTube this week. 

With increasingly rapid developments occurring in the gold and stock markets, economic experts believe these represent risky investment channels, with investors needing to carefully consider all of their financial decisions.

Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s first island city, has attracted 372 projects to date with capital totalling some $16.5 billion.

A child has died and two others were seriously injured after falling from a derailed rollercoaster cabin in an amusement park in Phu Tho Province.

The HCM City-based Anh Sao Production today presents a new movie, Sám Hối (The Living Sandbag), a Vietnamese production, at cinemas across the country.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will attend the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) which will be held virtually on January 21, said Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at a press briefing on January 14.

A painting exhibition by artists with autism will open today at Megan Gallery in Hanoi.

The Yen Phong 1 Industrial Park in northern Bac Ninh province has become the first park in Vietnam to gain access to the 5G telecom network, with the new technology launched onsite by Viettel on January 14.

Vietnam supports Yemen’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the UN Ambassador Pham Hai Anh told the UN Security Council (UNSC), 

Vietnam has recently taken various measures to protect citizens abroad, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular meeting on January 14.

Former Associated Press photographer Nick Ut, who took the famous ‘napalm girl’ photo, received the National Medal of Arts at the White House on January 13 for his decades of contributions to wartime photojournalism.

More than 4,000 delegates to the 13th National Party Congress will be tested for COVID-19 twice from January 18-23.

With the sharpest revenue decrease in history, mobile phone retail chains in Vietnam experienced a memorable year in 2020.