The General Department of Vietnam Customs will participate in the Operation Mekong Dragon IV, a joint regional operation against drug and wildlife trafficking, from April 15 to September 15 this year, the department has announced.

VOV.VN - Two-way trade between Vietnam and the United Kingdom rose 17% year on year last year to US$6.6 billion, of which Vietnam produced US$4.8 billion in trade surplus.

In a recent report, HSBC adjusted its prediction for Vietnam's inflation this year from 2.7% to 3%, a slight increase but with negligible risk as the economy has shown signs of a strong rebound in the making.

VOV.VN - The export of local dragon fruit to Australia last year grew by more than 14% compared to 2020, despite facing a number of challenges in transportation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Dragon fruit businesses of Binh Thuan, Long An and Tien Giang are due to attend an online conference jointly hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in India and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to promote the export of this fruit to India.

In December 2021, the market benchmark VN-Index could have surpassed 1,498 points if it were not affected by the holiday, Dragon Capital said in a recent report.

A number of Vietnamese banks plan to sell more shares to foreign investors in 2022 as part of set strategies.

VOV.VN - China is set to temporarily halt all imports of Vietnamese dragon fruit through its border gates with the northern province of Lang Son for one month, starting from December 29 after the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on three shipments.

VOV.VN - Japan has recently granted a certification of Geographical Indication (GI) protection for Vietnam’s Binh Thuan dragon fruit which is expected to present both challenges and opportunities for the future export of the fruit.

Fourteen Vietnamese nationals trafficked to Myanmar were brought home on November 21.