HSBC Global Research expects Vietnam to be among the region's top growing nations, as it was one of the world's few countries to record growth in two consecutive years since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out.
Digital transformation is considered the key to helping businesses overcome the current difficult period, seize market opportunities and recover strongly, heard a seminar held in Ho Chi Minh City on July 14.
In the first half of the year, Vietnam welcomed 602,000 international visitors, up 6.8 fold compared with the same period last year. This is a positive sign toward economic recovery amid a variety of challenges.
Vietnam exported over 206,000 tonnes of cashew nuts worth 1.19 billion USD in the first five months of 2022, down 7.81% in volume and 6.81% in value, the Vietnam Cashew Association (VINACAS) reported.
The 16th ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) kicked off on June 22 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, under the chair of Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tea Banh.
Vietnam’s garment-textile exports are likely to encounter a host of challenges in terms of both market and supply chain in the second half of this year despite positive results in the first half, heard a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on June 21.
Nearly 100 member states of the Group of Friends on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) held a ceremony on June 14 to mark 40 years since the adoption of the convention.
The Association of Electrical Engineering and Energy (AEEE), and the Science and Technology Office of Vietnam in France have recently held a workshop on sharing a vision on trends and challenges in the energy sector in Europe and Vietnam.
COVID-19 has changed the way society consumes news and content in the last two years, forcing the journalism industry to go digital to maintain viewers and readers. Besides the exciting experience, digital transformation remains a challenge to most of press agencies in Vietnam.
Vietnam’s economy glimmers with bright prospects but faces new challenges, given the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to end and global political and economic shocks continue.
A drop has been reported in the number of male adult smokers, but the ratio of e-cigarette smokers among adolescents is rising in Vietnam, according to Associate Professor Dr. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment, and Director of the Vietnam Tobacco Control Fund (VNTCF).
Vietnam raked in an estimated 4.5 billion USD from exporting aquatic exports in the first five months of 2022, up over 44.5 percent over the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Malaysia's "diving queen" Pandelela Rinong, despite her harmonious coordination with her teammate Nur Dhabitah Sabri, does not take lightly challenges in the women's team event at the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be hosted by Vietnam this month.
Although Vietnam has opened its doors to international tourists, formidable challenges remain in the non-smoke industry, requiring further efforts to accelerate recovery, according to insiders.
Staff shortages have plagued Vietnam’s tourism industry after the country reopened the borders to international tourists in March of 2022 following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19.
Vietnam’s national team will be without their top scorer, one of their core centre backs and their trusty translator before their last match in the World Cup qualifiers against Japan in Saitama on March 28.
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