Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko highlighted milestones in Vietnam – Russia ties in 2021 and Vietnam’s changes after nearly four decades of renewal in an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agency.
Flight number VN36 from Frankfurt (Germany) to Hanoi carrying 190 passengers and flight VN18 from London to Paris to Hanoi carrying nearly 300 passengers landed safely at Noi Bai international airport at 9:30 a.m. and 9:55 am respectively on January 26.
A warm and bustling atmosphere has overwhelmed corners of Singapore and all get ready for the Lunar New Year 2022 with the hope for a “stronger” year after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined the need to further promote and scale up multilateral diplomacy, and external activities must be implemented with sincerity, trust, equality and respect, with an willingness to listen for effective cooperation and common development, thus laying the foundation for making full use of international resources for the national sustainable development.
Tourism ministers of ASEAN member nations on January 19 agreed to reopen ASEAN tourism to revive this industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement.
A delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 17 paid visits to medical staff of Vung Tau Hospital, and officers and soldiers of the Military Command of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.
“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event held for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival, will be held on January 22, or the 20th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Buffalo.
Security experts from the Global Research & Analysis Team (GReAT) at Kaspersky Russian, a multinational cyber security and anti-virus provider, have revealed potential threats to cyber security in Southeast Asia countries this year.
Vietnam’s economic recovery is likely to accelerate in 2022 with GDP growth expected to rise to 5.5 percent, from 2.6 percent in the last year, the World Bank (WB) said in a report released on January 13.
The 17th Vietnam – Australia Human Rights Dialogue was productive and frank, and covered an extensive range of issues, according to a statement issued by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on January 13.
Unmatched production plans and the market demand for agricultural products are among the reasons behind recent difficulties in exports, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai has said.
As many as 200 gift packages worth 1,250,000 VND each were delivered to disadvantaged workers in the central province of Phu Yen on January 12 under a programme to support people in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm Lunar New Year (Tet), which was held by Phu Yen Labour Confederation.
This is a part of an “oxygen ATM” program that was organized by the Hanoian Youth Union in collaboration with the Young Business Association to provide free oxygen tanks to F0 cases in Hanoi.
More than 180,800 labourers have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, accounting for 46.88 percent of the total number of employees in Ho Chi Minh City, according to the Centre of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labour Market Information Ho Chi Minh City (FALMI).
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many difficulties for economic activities around the world, including banking activities. Vietnamese banks’ application of strict procedures on liquidity safety will increase their resilience to market shocks.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) reported that it had met its revenue target in 2021 two months ahead of schedule, generating 620.2 trillion VND (over 27.1 billion USD), surpassing the yearly plan by 26.4 percent, and up 28 percent year-on-year.
Singapore's economy grew 7.2 percent in 2021, rebounding from its worst recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic since 1965, the Singaporean Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) reported on January 3.
Hanoi will set off fireworks at both high-altitude and low-altitude from only one location - the Thong Nhat Park in Hai Ba Trung district - on the upcoming Lunar New Year’s Eve, according to a plan recently issued by the municipal People’s Committee.
Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 grew by 2.58 percent over the previous year, due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the national economy, according to data released by General Statistics Office (GSO).
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