President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s State visit to Singapore from February 24-26 shows the importance of Vietnam-Singapore relations in their foreign policies, an expert has said.

VOV.VN - Timber and wood products in January surged by 8.3% to reach US$1.55 billion compared to December, 2021, and were up 14.3% from the same period last year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Vietnamese economy will recover strongly in 2022, starting at the end of the first quarter, said Tim Leelahaphan, Economist for Thailand and Vietnam at Standard Chartered, at a seminar held in Hanoi on February 18.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has approved a programme promoting the development and use of national digital platforms serving digital transformation and building of e-Government, digital economy and digital society.

Vietnam’s fast-growing digital economy is likely to help the country become a high-income economy by 2045, according to an article established on eastspring.com on February 10.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki in Seoul on February 11.

More than 463,000 people have used Mobile Money as of February 11, over one month after the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) launched the cashless payment service.

VOV.VN - Despite facing numerous challenges and risks, the Vietnamese economy in 2022 is forecast to bounce back, with some of its primary growth drivers coming from industries driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to industry experts.

Online shopping will still be booming this year, even if the COVID-19 pandemic is over, experts have said.

VOV.VN - Along with having to register for service provision activities in Vietnam, e-commerce exchanges must establish representative offices or appoint their authorised representatives in the country.