Real estate sales will be another key driver of credit growth, as apartment supply and sales are likely to pick up in 2021.

VOV.VN - Seven product groups earned an import and export turnover of over US$1 billion during the first half of January, according to the latest statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked experts to study to seek a new driving force for development during a working session with the National Advisory Council on Financial and Monetary Policies and the economic advisory group on January 19.

Nguyen Duc Ninh, Director of the National Power Regulation Centre, has said Vietnam will cut its renewable electricity capacity due to oversupply.

VOV.VN - The Bac Giang Provincial People's Committee on January 18 granted investment registration certificates to four projects by three foreign investors from Asia, including Foxconn’s US$270 million project.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) and Grand Sport Group held a ceremony in Hanoi on January 18 to launch the latest home and away kits for the Vietnamese national men’s and women’s football teams this year.

The Hanoi-based Vietnam National Puppetry Theatre has launched an experimental art programme named “Trang” (The Moon) that features different types of puppetry to offer the audience a new experience of the Vietnamese culture.

The Vietnam’s first vacation exchange platform, VPASS, has been officially launched after a signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between VPASS and partner resorts nationwide.

The joint venture among Deo Ca Group, Hai Thach Investment Construction JSC and 194 Construction Investment Corporation was named the investor of the Cam Lam-Vinh Hao Highway – a section of the North-South Expressway.

Construction of the expanded Hoa Binh hydropower plant began in the northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on January 10, with Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attending the ground-breaking ceremony.