The Hanoi police on January 19 announced a decision to launch criminal proceedings against and arrest a man in the capital city on the charge of making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The average annual growth in the number of transactions via QR code has reached 471.13% since the payment method's introduction in 2018, 77.41% of the Vietnamese adult population possess payment accounts with commercial banks reporting over 90% of all transactions conducted through digital channels, with some banks achieving a rate of up to 98%.

Up to 77.41% of the adults in Vietnam have payment accounts at present, an increase from 31% during the 2015 - 2017 period, an official of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) cited a World Bank report as saying.

VOV.VN - The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of An Giang in southern Vietnam on January 6 announced the export of shipments of green skinned mangoes to Ausralia and the United States.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) on January 4 announced that as of December 29, 2023, there had been 42 enterprises with capitalisation of over US$1 billion listed on the HoSE.

VOV.VN - The Department of Tourism of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province unveiled that the locality has digitised information of 170 tourist sites so far, with 122 locations being digitised this year.

The value of Vietnam’s durian export in the first nine months of 2023 reached US$1.63 billion, 14 times higher than the figure of the same period last year, according to statistic of the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his confidence that through the efforts of both sides, the ASEAN-India Comprehensive Strategic Partnership boasts plenty of potential and promises breakthrough development in the time ahead.

Vietnam earned US$3.45 billion from exporting vegetables and fruits in the first eight months of 2023, up 57.5% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

VOV.VN - Vietnam earned US$1.1 billion from durian exports during the first seven months of the year, usurping dragon fruit which has been the country’s leading fruit export item.