Vietnam's export growth this year has been impressive thanks to the signing and approving of many free trade agreements (FTAs), reflecting the success of the country's steady and flexible international integration process.

The Christmas atmosphere has filled Hanoi streets with Xmas colours illuminating every corner of the capital city.

Vietnam has witnessed an overall decline in terms of the number of traffic accidents occurring over the past year, leaving 6,180 people dead and a further 9,959 people injured in such incidents.

The US Treasury Department’s labelling of Vietnam as a currency manipulator is biased, as it is only based on US standards and lacks suitable consideration as well as recommendations from international organisations, according to experts.

Hanoi’s authorities have called on its residents to refrain from eating dog and cat meat in order to promote a “civilized” image for the capital city.

Any move by the US to impose tariffs on Vietnamese goods would hurt bilateral trade ties, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said.

Vietnam successfully fulfilled its commitments and responsibilities in the UN Security Council during the first year of its two-year term as a non-permanent member, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese mission to the UN, has said.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d'Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the UN has voiced concern about the security situation in Central African Republic before the upcoming general election, 

Vietnamese movies are being screened during a film festival held in Moscow capital city of Russia from December 21-25.

The People’s Court of Hanoi will hold a first-instance trial for ex-Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang on January 7, 2021.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi co-chaired the Vietnam-India Virtual Summit on December 21.

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has recently sent a letter to Captain Dinh Xuan Truong, Commander of search and rescue vessel 413 (SAR 413), commending his courage and professionalism.

The case is believed the biggest of its kind solved by Vietnamese police so far.

Vietnam’s industries, especially the processing and manufacturing industry, are developing. 

The transformation of industrial heritages such as old factories and constructions sites into new creative spaces is a popular trend in Hanoi.

The growth of import slower than that of export helped Vietnam clinch a trade surplus of over US$20 billion in the first 11 months of 2020.

Certain areas in Ho Chi Minh City at present are facing serious sinking owning to various reasons like geological structure, illogical urbanization, and illogical groundwater extraction, leading to negative effects.

New regulations have had a big impact on car and motorbike drivers this year.

Leaders of the HCMC People’s Committee have given their go ahead to a pilot project for the Mobike shared bicycle service, the city’s Department of Transport announced on December 18.

Vietnam’s prospects appear positive as the economy is projected to grow by about 6.8 percent in 2021 and, thereafter, stabilise at around 6.5 percent, according to the latest World Bank’s economic update for Vietnam “Taking Stock”.