The Ministry of Finance has announced a list of ten notable events of Vietnam’s financial sector in 2020.

A mobile barbershop has opened on a bus to offer haircuts at only VND12,000 (0.5 US cents) to students in HCM City.

Since its resumption of operations in Vietnam in 1993, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been part of the country’s success story.

The tax sector’s painful, quiet reforms have helped increase Vietnam’s position in the global business climate report.

The Vietnamese national women’s football team have ended the year by being ranked among the five leading teams in Asia, according to the final rankings of the year released by FIFA.

Phu Yen Police have started the prosecution of 12 illegal loggers related to deforestation in Tay Hoa and Song Hinh districts.

‘Len Thanh Pho’ (Making our Place), a short documentary on women migrants in Hanoi, has won The Best Next Gen Award at the 2020 Better Cities Film Festival which was recently held in the US.

A fixture between the Vietnamese men’s national football team and Malaysia is at risk of being delayed due to impact of COVID-19 pandemic, according to Le Hoai Anh, general secretary of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

For 25 years expanding in Vietnam, Abbott has continuously offered Vietnam with breakthroughs in nutrition, medicines, diagnostics and medical devices.

Both timeless and modern Christmas hits will be performed by foreign and Vietnamese artists in a music programme that will be held in August Revolution Square in front of Hanoi Opera House on Christmas Eve, running from 8pm until midnight.

Of 81 businesses receiving support from the Japanese government, 37 have decided to invest in Vietnam, while 19 have chosen Thailand.

A total of 15 teams from across the country are participating in the 2020 National Basketball Championships which got underway in Nha Trang City.

A national forum aimed at fostering the development of local digital enterprises kicked off on December 23 in the capital as part of a one-year review since the implementation of the “Make in Vietnam” strategy.

Vietnam has raised concerns about the detection of a mutation of the SARS-CoV2 virus in the UK and is closely monitoring the situation in order to come up with appropriate prevention measures, according to Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long.

Two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese immigrants who suffocated in the back of a container unit last year.

Many exports recorded positive growth in 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The latest cold spell to hit the south of the nation caused by tropical depressions has forced the local people of HCM City to wrap up in an extra layer of clothing as they try and stay warm amid the arrival of chilly weather and torrential rains.

Defence diplomacy is not only an external task of the Ministry of National Defence or the army but also associated with national independence, sovereignty, and interests of Vietnam, as well as security and peace in the region and the world.

US Congress has passed a far-reaching US$900 million COIVID-19 relief package together with US$1.4 trillion spending bill for 2021, in which the government will grant nearly US$170 million worth of assistance to Vietnam.

The effective implementation of the two legal documents on Vietnam-Cambodia land border is important to strengthening and developing the bilateral traditional friendship and all-round cooperation, Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung said.