The 2019-2020 Vietnam National Quality Awards was presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 25, honouring 116 companies with remarkable achievements in improving the quality of products and services, competitiveness, operational efficiency, and regional and international economic integration.

Vietnam’s successes in promoting economic development and containing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic were spotlighted at an online workshop held by the Canada-Vietnam Friendship Society (CVFS) on April 24.

A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa led by Ambassador Hoang Van Loi visited KwaZulu-Natal province from April 20-24 to seek measures to strengthen economic and trade partnership between the two countries.

High economic growth and strong investment in infrastructure are among the reasons for Northern European businessmen to consider when choosing to invest in Vietnam, according to an article recently published on the site ScandAsia, which covers Nordic news and business promotion in Asia.

The Vietnamese Party, State, and people have presented US$300,000 to Cambodia to support Cambodia in its fight against COVID-19.

As the COVID-19 pandemic may continue to develop in an unpredictable fashion despite vaccination campaigns being carried out in many countries around the world, experts have said that Vietnam needs to identify and adopt a long-term plan for post-pandemic economic recovery.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on April 22 chaired a working session with members of the NA's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Adolescents.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stressed the need to ramp up cooperation to address global challenges, including COVID-19 and climate change, at the 2021 Boao forum for Asia taking place in China.

VOV.VN - The local economy is back on track following the negative impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and is projected to grow by between 6% - 6.3% this year, according to the Vietnam Institute for Economic & Policy Research (VEPR).

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has opportunities and advantages needed for development of a high-tech economic zone in line with the goal set for 2020-2025 by the local Party Committee, said Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh at a conference held in the locality on April 19.