Foreign direct investment (FDI) registered in Vietnam reached US$26.46 billion as of November 20, up 0.1% year on year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam – Switzerland relationship has recorded remarkable progress across several fields, ranging from politics-diplomacy, trade-investment, development cooperation, to culture, education-training, and people-to-people exchange over the past half a century.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Japan have become important partners ever since diplomatic ties were first established 48 years ago on September 21, 1973.

Vietnam’s overseas investment totalled US$646.03 million in the first ten months of 2021, up 35.1% year-on-year, data from the Ministry of Planning and Investment showed.

VOV.VN - More than 100 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have now been administered nationwide since the start of the country’s vaccine rollout, with 88% of the adult population having had at least one shot, according to the Ministry of Health.

During the 23 years of its APEC membership, Vietnam has made active and proactive contributions to the forum, thereby helping to promote regional peace, stability, cooperation, and economic connectivity and maintain APEC’s role as a leading mechanism for economic connectivity in Asia-Pacific.

Cuc Phuong, a famous tourist destination and natural attraction near Hanoi, was named Asia's leading national park at the 2021 World Travel Awards.

For the first time, Vietnam has five culinary world records recognised by both the World Records Union (WorldKings) and the World Records Association (WRA).

Vietnam enjoyed a year-on-year rise of 13.1% in the export revenue of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first 10 months of this year to nearly US$38.75 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam was named among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment for the first time in 2020 with an inflow of US$16 billion.

The growth of processed seafood output in Vietnam will reach over 6% a year by 2030 under a national seafood processing development strategy for 2021-2030 which has been approved by the Prime Minister.

VOV.VN - The Govenrment of Vietnam has unveiled a system of four coronavirus alert levels based on risks in localities.

The agro-forestry-fisheries sector is the mainstay of the economy of Vietnam during the COVID-19 pandemic in the first nine months of this year.

Exports of key agricultural products during January - September witnessed a strong surge in revenue.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s GDP growth rate during the third quarter of the year was estimated to have endured a decline of 6.17% due to social distancing and other COVID-19-related restrictions taking a heavy toll on the economy.

VOV.VN - As of September 20, the Ministry of Health has conditionally adopted eight COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use in Vietnam.

Vietnam reeled in more than US$19 billion from FDI attraction in the first eight months of this year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 cases in the capital has exceeded 3,000 since the fourth wave of COVID-19 hit Vietnam in late April.

Key targets have been set out in resolution on socio-economic development plan for 2021-2025 period.

Vietnam has ranked ninth among the ten friendliest countries in the world, the World Population Review quoted a survey conducted by InterNations.

Vietnam overtook Bangladesh as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG), with a turnover of US$29.8 billion, according to the World Trade Organisation.

The agriculture sector became the economy's bright spot in the first seven months of this year, posting a trade surplus of US$3.9 billion in the period.

VOV.VN - As of the morning of August 12, the nation has recorded 241,543 COVID-19 cases, including 4,487 deaths since the pandemic first broke out in early 2020, according to details given by the Health Ministry.

The national consumer price index (CPI) in July grew by 0.62% against June and 2.64% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters forecasts that seafood exports would increase by an average of 7% yearly between 2021 and 2025, reaching US$12 billion in 2025.

VOV.VN - The first session of the 15th National Assembly on July 28 approved Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s proposal for the 27-member Cabinet line-up for the 2021-2026 term.

Ninety-nine percent of businesses said online public services are beneficial or highly beneficial, according to the E-commerce White Book 2020.

Vietnam was named among the world’s top 20 host economies for foreign direct investment for the first time in 2020 with an inflow of US$16 billion.

Vietnam sends 18 athletes to 2020 Tokyo Olympics to compete in shooting, weightlifting, badminton, swimming, etc.

VOV.VN - Various firms and international bodies have so far committed to deliver roughly 105 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam under contracts and agreements.