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As many as 40,000 mom-and-pop stores nationwide have been digitalised thanks to the VinShop mobile app developed by Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup.

The Philippines saw a year-on-year inflation rate of 3.5 percent in December 2020, up from 3.3 percent in the previous month, driven by price hikes in food and non-alcoholic beverages, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said.

Although many forecasts said that inflation would be controlled at less than 4 percent this year, economists recommended it was still important to pay attention to inflationary pressures.

A 30-year-old driver in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang who had close contact with COVID-19 Patient 1,440 has tested negative for coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, a local official said on December 29.

Cambodia’s Ministry of Health has lifted its restrictions on restaurants and shops which were ordered to close due to the “November 28 community incident”, Minister of Health Mam Bunheng has said.

With people afraid to visit public places like supermarkets because of COVID-19, e-commerce floors have become a convenient and safe shopping place for Tet items.

Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has just become the only Vietnamese representative to be honoured as “Bank of the Year 2020” by The Banker magazine.

All of the transactions in the transport sector will be cashless by 2030, as part of a programme on digital transformation recently approved by the Ministry of Transport.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) has recently launched the Info Viet-Trade Portal to facilitate international trade procedures in Vietnam.

A shipment of equipment has been delivered from Dung Quat Economic Zone to the Sodegaura Biomass Power Plant – the largest capacity biomass firing plant in Japan, located in Chiba.

Dozens of ambassadors and representatives of diplomatic missions and international organisations in Hanoi gathered to enjoy pho (Vietnamese traditional noodle soup) during a gala night held in the city on December 10 to honour this ‘quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine’.

“Pho is a delicacy of Hanoi. You can find the dish at some other places but pho in Hanoi is the best," the words of Thach Lam in his culinary book “36 Streets of Hanoi” affirmed the delicious taste of pho (noodle soup) in the capital.

2020 has been a difficult year due to COVID-19, with many shoppers deciding to tighten their belts. Many shops and retailers have therefore offered attractive promotional programmes as the end of the year approaches, to boost sales. Let’s take a look!

Local authorities of Con Dao Island District, off the coast of southern Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF), have launched a Zero Plastic Waste programme, aiming to eliminate single-use plastic products.

In the middle of Hoi An ancient town, there is a small stall displaying hundreds of strange portrait sculptures carved from bamboo roots. Those are the artwork of Huynh Phuong Do whose nickname is "Do bamboo roots".

The Logistics Forum Vietnam 2020 was held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on November 26, with more than 500 businesses attending.

Vietjet and UPS, a global leader in logistics, have entered into a historic agreement to leverage each other’s global and regional network by further growing trade lanes from Asia to destinations in the US.

To add a channel for generating income for the community and to preserve local wisdom, the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) has cooperated with MBK Centre to organise the SET Social Impact Fair 2020, to deliver quality products directly to consumers.

With technology being one of the greatest assets and financial solutions from partnership with Techcombank, One Mount Group officially launched OneHousing – a proptech platform that helps optimize the process of selling and buying in real estate.

Vietnam’s smartphone market has seen a number of new names this year, besides Samsung, Oppo and Apple which have been dominant in the market for many years.