VOV.VN - For many domestic firms, in addition to searching for markets and customers through traditional channels, e-commerce is being increasingly viewed as a support channel that helps them to gain more opportunities to reach out to new buyers and reduce costs in transactions.

The following are the top 10 events of the Vietnamese securities market in 2020, selected by the Securities Journalist Club of Vietnam.

Vietnamese and Indian businesses sought partnership opportunities in garment and textile sector during an online conference held by the Vietnamese Trade Office in India and the Indian Importers Chambers of Commerce and Industries (IICI) on December 30.

Da Nang’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) has been estimated to be down 9.77% this year to about VND100 trillion compared to 2019 due to COVID-19, a press conference held on December 29 to announce the central city’s socio-economic figures for 2020 heard.

VOV.VN - Six of Southeast Asia’s leading economies are expected to face diverging fiscal paths ahead in 2021, with Vietnam, alongside Indonesia and Malaysia, returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to data released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

VOV.VN - Hanoi hosted a conference on December 25 to discuss future opportunities for Vietnamese manufacturing enterprises to distribute local goods through e-commerce platforms.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is expected to achieve a GDP growth rate of 2.8% this year, a significant figure among new emerging economies despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung.

The development of the collective economy must originate from people’s demand and be in line with the actual conditions and market economy rules, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 22.

VOV.VN - Trade transactions between Vietnam and Iran are not contrary to the resolutions adopted by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang at the Foreign Ministry’s regular press briefing in Hanoi on December 17.

Vietnam will develop the collective economy in the direction of building product value chains, increasing its contribution to domestic economic development, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said at a forum held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Vietnam Cooperative Union in Hanoi on December 11.