VOV.VN - Vietnam was successful in accomplishing its role as ASEAN Chair 2020 despite facing unimaginable challenges brought about by the global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Hiroyuki Morbei, director of the Vietnam Economic Research Institute (VERI), has said during a recent media interview.

VOV.VN - Despite accounting for a mere 14% of the national population and 27% of the local workforce, the annual working-class contribution to the nation makes up more than 65% of GDP and over 70% of the annual State budget.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has ratified a free frade agreement (FTA) with the European Union, and inked the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership , and another FTA with the United Kingdom, offering a window of opportunity for the country to boost trade with its partners.

2020 is really a special year for Vietnam as for the first time in its diplomacy history, the country assumed both rotating ASEAN Chair and non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC), according to the Sputnik news agency of Russia.

VOV.VN - Local farm produce businesses have been advised to come up with concrete strategies to take full advantage of opportunities presented by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), according to insiders.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Committee in Brasilia (ACB) and the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) recently held an online meeting aimed at discussing future trade and business co-operation opportunities and ways to develop further economic ties between Brazil and both ASEAN and the nation.

VOV.VN - A meeting between Deputy Secretary of the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Yu Shaoliang, and Deputy Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyen Ho Hai was held virtually on December 18 to discuss ways to step up bilateral cooperation.

Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of Vietnam’s permanent mission to ASEAN, highlighted the country’s outstanding achievements during its 2020 ASEAN Chairmanship in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

VOV.VN - The garment sector has set an ambitious target of earning US$55 billion from export and generating 3 million jobs by 2025.

VOV.VN - The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to boost regional and global supply chains and the economy of ASEAN members and partners.