VOV.VN - The nation’s trade turnover with Australia hit a record high of US$12.4 billion for the first time in 2021, marking a rise of nearly 50% compared to 2020.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 27 for Chairman of Japan’s Health Sciences Education Co. Ltd in Vietnam Dr. Kusumi Mari.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Nguyen Hoang Long on January 18 met with Graham Stuart, newly appointed Trade Envoy of Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, to exchange measures to bolster economic-trade ties between Vietnam and the UK.

The COVID-19 pandemic might not end this year and business sectors could not fully recover, however, the situation will be more positive than 2021 thanks to the adaptation to ‘new normal’ conditions, said General Director Nguyen Thi Huong of the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Thanks to large-scale production in the last months of 2021, the seafood export value for the whole year rose 6% compared to 2021 reaching more than US$8.9 billion, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers. (VASEP).

Vietnam's 2021 coffee export revenue is estimated at over US$3 billion despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an industry official.

VOV.VN - Vietnam posted a trade surplus for the sixth consecutive year, a move that has significantly contributed to stabilising the macro-economy, curbing inflation, and helping the local economy to gain more foreign currency reserves, according to experts.

As a driving force of economic growth, enterprises should be more proactive in building production and business plans in the new situation given complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has said.

VOV.VN - Despite numerous enduring difficulties caused by the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam has managed to secure a GDP growth rate of 2.58% this year, beating off recent projections by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank.

VOV.VN - Japanese retail group Aeon has planned to expand its operations in the coming years in Vietnam – a key market its Aeon’s business strategy in Southeast Asia.