Vietnam must keep on pursuing the twin goals of effectively combating COVID-19 and boosting economic growth in the “new normal”, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc in a meeting on March 17 morning.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of seven further novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases on March 17 afternoon, with the total number of infections nationwide rising to 2,567.

VOV.VN - The local economy has remained resilient despite the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), recording growth of 2.9% in 2020 to mark one of the highest growth rates worldwide, according to latest annual assessment released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

VOV.VN - The nation jumped 20th places to 70th among a total of 190 economies in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business 2020 rankings, whilst its Global Competitiveness Index 4.0 (GCI 4.0) also moved up 10 places to be placed 77th out of 140 countries and territories globally.

The third round of the Innovation Partnership Grants under the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Aus4Innovation Programme has opened, targeting initiatives under priority targets of the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology to promote post-COVID-19 recovery.

VOV.VN - After serving over one million passengers last week the nation is now among the world’s top ten aviation markets, according to the latest statistics released by OAG, a global travel data provider based in the UK.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has so far recorded no blood clot cases after conducting injections of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, while health facilities are set to press ahead with the safe inoculation process.

VOV.VN - The Hung Kings Volleyball Cup 2021 is set to get underway on April 18 before concluding on April 21 at a competition hall in Viet Tri city in the northern province of Phu Tho to commemorate the death anniversary of the Hung Kings, the country’s legendary founders.

A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy and the Khmer-Vietnam Association in Cambodia handed over donations to Cambodians of Vietnamese origin living in lockdown areas in Kandal and Prey Veng provinces on March 14 and 15, where over 150 COVID-19 cases have been found, including 10 Vietnamese-Cambodians.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) and Alibaba.com, the global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform of the Alibaba Group, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on supporting Vietnamese firms to boost online export and organised an international e-commerce conference in Hanoi on March 16.