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.

VOV.VN - Brunei Minister of Foreign Affairs II Dato Erywan Pehin Yusof has congratulated Vietnam for fulfilling its term as Chair of ASEAN in 2020, especially its role in leading the regional bloc to overcome unprecedented difficulties and challenges.

VOV.VN - The International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are in the process of considering five Asian representatives who will participate at the upcoming 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania, with the Vietnamese national futsal team hopeful of being granted a place.

VOV.VN - The country's economic growth was recorded at 4.5% during the last quarter of 2020, representing an annual growth rate of 2.9%, thereby making it one of the fastest growing economies in the world, according to the World Bank (WB).

VOV.VN - The nation has been rated by businesses from Taiwan (China) as having great potential for development prospects, with the country’s importance increasing from 18% in 2018 to 24% by the end of 2020, ranking fourth overall, only behind the US, Japan, and China.

VOV.VN - The promotion of economic growth in the post COVID-19 period should be based on innovation, creativity, and digital transformation, said scientists and experts at a seminar organized by the Vietnam Institute of Economics on January 19 in Hanoi to promote the local economy.

VOV.VN - The situation in the Middle East shows the importance of ongoing co-operation between the UN and regional organisations, including the Arab League (AL), Pham Hai Anh, chargé d'affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the UN Ambassador, said during a meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on ties with the AL.

VOV.VN - British Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Marcus Winsley says that Vietnam can be viewed as a nation full of determination, with the UK hoping that the country shows the world its high level of commitment in tackling common challenges.

VOV.VN - World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch (HRW)’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends globally, features misleading reports that the Vietnamese Government restricts basic civil and political rights, such as freedom of expression, association, assembly, and the right to practice beliefs and religion.

Foreign media have run several articles highlighting Vietnam’s economic success given a struggling world plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic.