VOV.VN - Vietnam has been named among the top 20 World’s Best Places to Retire in 2022, as selected by International Living, an Irish publishing company that focuses on retiring overseas.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Manh Quyen, vice chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, voiced the capital’s support for investment and operations by firms from the US during a meeting with Economic Counsellor Lynne Gadkowski from the US Embassy in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prioritizing medium-term schemes for a number of potential export sectors and outlining activities suitable for each industry and market must be viewed as the key task for this year’s trade promotion activities.

VOV.VN - Retail prices of petrol and oil continued to witness an increase as of 3 p.m. on January 21 following the latest price review jointly conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The Global Civic Sharing (GCS) organisation of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on January 20 presented a computer lab worth VND550 million (US$24,300) to Lien Chau secondary school in Hanoi’s Thanh Oai district, on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-RoK diplomatic ties.

The National Startup Festival 2022 took place in Hanoi on January 19, bringing together policymakers, startup accelerators, mentors and advisers, investors, business leaders and representatives of international organisations.

VOV.VN - The updated climate change scenarios and the national climate assessment report were released at a workshop held on January 14 by the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai and Chief Trade Commissioner and Assistant Deputy Minister Sara Wilshaw at Global Affairs Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishing a joint economic committee (JEC) between the two countries on January 11.

VOV.VN - Vietnam remained the major tea supplier for the Taiwanese market as it exported 16,970 tonnes of tea worth US$26.7 million during the initial 11 months of last year, up 8.7% in volume and 7.8% in value year on year according to data released by Taiwan (China)’s Customs Administration.

Automaker VinFast on January 4 announced it will receive pre-orders for its electric SUV models VF e35 and VF e36 in Vietnam and the US during the VinFast Global EV Day within the framework of the technology exhibition CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the US.