VOV.VN - Vietnam slipped into a trade deficit of nearly US$4 billion in the first half of February due to a fall in exports, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - With COVID-19 infection numbers rising significantly following the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, questions have been asked about whether or not local people should be scared of another COVID-19 wave after the festive period.

Representatives of the Vietnamese and Lao Embassies and Delegations to the EU in Belgium gathered together at an exchange event in Brussels on February 15 on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed 34,737 coronavirus infections detected across all 63 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, an increase of nearly 3,000 cases compared to the previous day.

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 - Vietnam’s agricultural exports witnessed impressive growth following the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, with several companies shipping their export batches to high-end markets.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people gathered at and around pagodas across the country on February 14, the 14th day of the first lunar month, as part of the annual prayer for peace.

A prayer for peace for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) living in Paris and surrounding areas was held on February 13 at Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Villebon-sur-Yvette, 25km south of the capital.

Vietnam recorded more than 240 cyber-attacks between January 29 and February 5 when the nation was celebrating Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year holiday, according the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Authority of Information Security (AIS).

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has to continually inject money to support the liquidity of the banking system as the capital demand and interest rates on the interbank market have remained high though the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday ended.