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Online travel and transport sectors were hit the hardest as the pandemic ground international travel to a halt while many people began to work from home or became concerned about sharing transport. Still, the report predicted online travel to rebound to 60 billion USD by 2025. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s digital economy to reach US$14 billion this year

Vietnamese exports to the Mediterranean Sea country slight fell in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Vietnam witnessed strong surge in its key exports like coffee, footwear, cashew nut, telephones and spare parts, seafood, and garment and textile. … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Israel begin negotiation over labor cooperation

In December last year, the Ministry of Health and the Military Medical Institute in collaboration with Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Joint Stock Company launched clinical trials of the Nano Covax vaccine, the first locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine in Việt Nam. VNS … [Read more...] about Human trials of second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine begin

The author cited the World Health Organization (WHO) as saying that Vietnam is one of the few countries that can contain the epidemic well. Thanks to those successes, Vietnam has provided timely assistance such as face masks and medical supplies for many countries. Vietnam is also one of the economies with the highest growth over the past five years, with an annual average growth rate of 6.8 percent during 2016-2019 and nearly 3.0 percent in 2020 when the majority of countries worldwide experienced minus growth. The article lauded Vietnam’s efforts in international economic integration to attract resources for national development, as marked by the signing of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) agreement, the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. With its policy of multilateralising and diversifying international relations, Vietnam has enhanced external affairs, both … [Read more...] about Czech newspaper: Vietnam – bright spot in COVID-19 combat, economic growth

Tel Aviv (VNA) – Vietnam and Israel kicked off negotiation over a labour cooperation agreement with an online meeting on January 21. At the meeting, both sides discussed technical issues to clarify their labour policies and regulations, as well as issues of priority and concern. They agreed to finalise negotiations and sign the agreement as soon as possible in 2021, with a view to bringing more Vietnamese labourers to work in Israel in the field of agriculture. Israel has a high demand for migrant workers, particularly in agriculture, healthcare, construction and restaurants, among others, while Vietnam has an abundant supply of hardworking and educated workforce. Both nations have huge advantage to further collaboration thanks to the complementary nature of the two economies. Vietnamese exports to the Mediterranean Sea country slight fell in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Vietnam witnessed strong surge in its key exports like coffee, footwear, cashew nut, … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Israel begin negotiation over labour cooperation