Google searches for “cryptocurrency” increased sharply in recent years as Vietnamese sought investment channels, especially during the pandemic with social distancing measures in place, which forced people to stay home.

Vietnam has taxed global tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft an average of over VND1 trillion (US$43.71 million) annually for their cross-border goods and services between 2018 and 2021, Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc told legislators on March 16.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese tourism sector has been advised to improve its overall product quality, upgrade tourism infrastructure, and improve the skills of its workforce to thoroughly prepare for the reopening of international tourism in the future, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign arrivals to Vietnam during the past two months has risen 71.7% year on year to 49,200, reported the General Statistics Office on February 28.

From shopping to services, Vietnamese are choosing a digital-first lifestyle to benefit from the online world’s speed, convenience and prices, according to Google’s 2021 Year in Search: Vietnam's Search for Tomorrow report.

VOV.VN - The volume of international tourists searching for travel information about Vietnam saw a sharp increase at the start of 2022, according to statistics released by Google Destination Insights.

VOV.VN - The Military Industry-Telecoms Group (Viettel) moved up a total of 99 places to reach 227th position in the 2022 list of the world’s 500 most valuable brands with a brand value of US$8.758 billion.

Google has announced a list of top 10 search trends in Vietnam in 2021 together with 14 most-searched categories on Google Search.

Search engines in 20 countries, including Vietnam, the UK, the US, Canada, Israel and Austria on December 12 feature a Google Doodle of "Pho" – Vietnamese traditional noodle soup.

VOV.VN - Investors from the United States have continued to inject money into a total of 1,135 projects nationwide, with a total registered capital of over US$10 billion as of November, despite negative impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.