The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has recently granted the first credit growth quotas in 2023 to a number of banks, with a majority of them receiving lower rates than last year.

State budget collection from export-import activities in the first two months stood at VND56.33 trillion (US$2.37 billion), or 13.3% of the estimate, down 19.4% year-on-year, reported the General Department of Vietnam Customs (Vietnam Customs).

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 180,000 tonnes of coffee worth US$393 million in February, representing a rise of 28.7% in volume and 22% in value on-year, according to figures given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Politburo member Vo Van Thuong has been elected President of Vietnam at an extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly in Hanoi on March 2.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly is scheduled to elect a new State President of Vietnam at an extraordinary session in Hanoi on March 2.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha will attend the Asia Zero Emissions Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Japan in early March.

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén held a working session with authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on February 27 to discuss activities marking the 50th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated area in the south of Vietnam (September 1973).

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition opened on February 27 at the International Convention Centre at 11 Le Hong Phong Street in Hanoi to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the “Outline of Vietnamese Culture”, the first platform on culture launched by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

VOV.VN - The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the United Left Movement (MIU) of the Dominican Republic on February 26 signed a cooperation document between the two parties for the 2023-2028 period.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leaders have sent letters of congratulation to their Australian counterparts on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic ties between the two countries.