VOV.VN - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the nation among the countries with the highest rate of cancer fatalities and new cancer cases worldwide.

VOV.VN - Nikkei Asia, the world’s largest financial newspaper published by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., has named Vietnam among an Asian trio that has succeeded in limiting the local transmission rate of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to almost zero.

VOV.VN - The resort town of Sa Pa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai received approximately 65,000 arrivals over three days during the New Year holiday, equivalent to 95% against last year’s figure and setting a record despite fears surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Vietnam will enter the “elderly population structure” in 2026, which will last for 28 years until 2054, according to an in-depth study of the 2019 population and housing census.

Ho Chi Minh City’s gross regional domestic product (GRDP) hit VND1.37 quadrillion (US$59.4 billion at current exchange rate) in 2020, a year-on-year increase of 1.39%.

Many hotel owners in Ho Chi Minh City have had to close down their hotels as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic although rents at the premises have been cut by up to 70%.

The UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA), expected to come into force in the beginning of 2021, is promising several export opportunities to the European market for Vietnamese garment-textile and footwear enterprises.

VOV.VN - Despite the labour and employment situation during the fourth quarter showing some positive signs in comparison to the initial quarters of the year, the unemployment rate and underemployment rates remain higher than those in 2019, according to figures compiled by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - Vietnam has achieved a GDP growth rate of 2.91%, an impressive figure despite the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, said the General Statistics Office (GSO) at a press briefing in Hanoi on December 27.

Credit loans must be always available for production and business enterprises, especially those operating in such areas as agriculture, export and high-tech, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on December 26. ​