VOV.VN - Vietnam’s exports of timber and wood products during the opening two months of the year dropped by 34.8% to US$1.6 billion against the same period from last year, according to details given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Fruit and vegetable exports received positive signs during the initial months of the year with the number of export orders to the major markets such as the United States and the EU growing by 20% to 30% against the same period from last year, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - Despite the export prices of Vietnamese rice recording a two year high, importers have put in bulk orders following the recent week-long lunar New Year break in Vietnam, signaling another fillip year for rice businesses.

Acting President Vo Thi Anh Xuan on February 1 signed a decision to posthumously award the Fatherland Protection Order to Major Colonel, pilot Tran Ngoc Duy who died in a military training aircraft crash one day ago.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese manufacturing sector continued to face challenging business conditions in the opening month of the year amid falling output and a decline in new orders, although there are positive signs ahead, according to a report released on February 1 on the Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) by S&P Global.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese firms are enduing a shortage of export orders and are therefore trying to retain employees in the initial months of the new year, a period which is usually considered the off-peak production season.

VOV.VN - Hoa Phat Group, Vietnam’s largest steel maker, said that it has received several export orders during the opening month of the year from markets such as the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Australia, Malaysia, and Cambodia.

VOV.VN - A number of importers of the United States and the Netherlands have surprisingly sealed sale deals with Vietnamese businesses during the first days of the lunar New Year despite anticipated market difficulty in the year ahead.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented 10 second-class and 7 third-class Labour Orders to winners of International Olympiads and science-technology competitions in 2022 at a meeting in Hanoi on December 26.

A Vietnamese company has filed a lawsuit against Amazon asking for US$280 million. Amazon has not commented on the case yet.