Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has hailed Israel as a promising market of Vietnam in West Asia.

Vietnam earned over VND2.56 quadrillion (US$110.7 billion) in revenue from the IT industry in the first 10 months of 2021, up 9% from the same period last year, data from the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) showed.

VOV.VN - The Austrian Government donated a haul of 50,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the country on November 16 in support of its ongoing fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The ancient city of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam appeared deserted after the reopening of tourism activities on November 15 following two years of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Despite international trade activities facing an array of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese agricultural exports to Australia have made significant progress and have had initial success in "conquering" one of the most fastidious markets in the world.

VOV.VN - Latest economic data for the final quarter of 2021 are showing signs of recovering economic momentum, and the IHS Markit Vietnam manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) for October 2021 indicated a strong rebound in the manufacturing sector.

Each citizen and household should further raise their sense of responsibility in the COVID-19 fight, heard a seminar in Hanoi on November 15.

The total volume of goods traded between Vietnam and China going through the two border-gate railway stations of Lao Cai and Dong Dang reached more than 838,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2021, up 43% year-on-year, according to statistics of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR).

Financing public investment to generate future growth and to speed up economic recovery post-COVID-19 remained Vietnam's most important challenge in the near future, said economists and policymakers.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has planned to expand locations in its pilot scheme to welcome back vaccinated visitors from overseas in early 2022, according to Nguyen Trung Khanh, director general of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).