The deposit growth rate of individual customers at banks slowed last year due to the impacts of the pandemic.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected global trade last year, two-way trade between Vietnam and China grew steadily and strongly, according to Nong Duc Lai, Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of Vietnam in China.

VOV.VN - This year’s average consumer price index (CPI) in Ho Chi Minh City recorded growth of 2.36% from 2020, according to a statement made on December 30 by the municipal Statistics Office.

Enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City, the locality hardest hit in the fourth wave of COVID-19, have been adjusting to the “new normal” after around 100 days the city applied social distancing measures.

VOV.VN - Approximately 150,000 students in the 9th and 12th grades in Ho Chi Minh City returned to school on December 13 after being forced to study online for seven months amid the country’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

As travel restrictions and social distancing measures are still in place in countries across the globe, digital technology has helped to keep the world connected and maintain the global supply and production chains, and the diplomatic service is no exception.

VOV.VN - With positive export growth recorded over the past 10 months, Vietnam’s electronics industry is anticipated to rake in US$50 billion from exports this year, a 13.5% rise from last year, according to data compiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

VOV.VN - With social distancing measures being relaxed coupled with the impending arrival of the harvest season, the local coffee industry is anticipated to enjoy strong breakthroughs in terms of exports in the final quarter of the year.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring a spell of heavy rain, several restaurants, coffee shops, and street food establishments reopened in the central city of Da Nang on October 16 after several months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic following social distancing measures being eased.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese timber and wood exports to the United Kingdom during the past nine months surged by 25% year on year to US$201.2 million as local firms have effectively maximised incentives from the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA).