The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than VND45.444 trillion (US$1.96 billion) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities.

Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam has been named the “Most Inspiring Brand (Banking sector) in Vietnam” in 2022 by International Business Magazine.

One-fifth of Indian companies that have operations in Southeast Asia or expect to do so have plans to expand their businesses in Vietnam in the next two years.

The Ho Chi Minh City Handicraft and Woodworking Association (HAWA) plans to organise a session to give consultations to domestic businesses on exporting furniture and interior decorating products to Canada, a promising market for Vietnam, on June 7.

France will provide technical assistance for Vietnam to streamline administrative procedures, improve its business environment and build the e-government and digital transformation under a cooperation programme between the Vietnamese Government Office and the French Embassy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Ambassador Nguyen Van Thao, permanent representative of Vietnam to the EU, and Janusz Wojciechowsk, EU Commissioner for Agriculture, examined ways to boost agricultural co-operation during a recent meeting between the pair.

The German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV) has held a seminar on business and investment in Vietnam, attracting the participation of many German firms.

VOV.VN - The nation continues to pay close attention to and attaches great importance to improving the investment environment and creating favourable conditions in which foreign enterprises can conduct long-term production business in the country.

VOV.VN - With the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) being in force for over a year, the deal helped to promote positive two-way trade growth of US$6.6 billion in 2021, an annual increase of 17.2%, despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The northern port city of Hai Phong introduced its development potential to French businesses at a conference held on May 25 in an effort to lure their investment into the locality.