Vietnamese lenders are hoping for at least 20% – 30% growth in their earning this year in the light of the country’s promising economic outlook.

VOV.VN- Sustainable poverty alleviation can only be achieved if threats to food security are resolved together, stated Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, permanent representative of Vietnam to the UN, at the 60th session of the UN Committee on Social Development, which is running from February 7 to February.

VOV.VN - Singapore’s financial magazine the Business Times recently published an article highlighting Vietnam’s rapid economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and describing the country as a “new Asian tiger”.

With an overall brand value growth of 49%, Vietnam’s banking sector is one of the fastest growing in the world, according to Brand Finance’s latest report on the most valuable and strongest banking brands globally.

VOV.VN - Amid the ongoing complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, escalating petrol prices have exerted tremendous pressure on local enterprises, especially those operating within the transport sector, according to industry insiders.

VOV.VN - More than 50 overseas Vietnamese in Belgium and Luxembourg gathered for a meeting held on February 11 in Brussels to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 cases nationwide continued to rise to a record figure of 27,311, including nine imported cases, an increase of 831 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health reported on February 12.

A meeting was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on February 11 to collect Vietnamese expats’ views on the city’s potential new directions and development post-COVID-19 from an economic perspective.

VOV.VN - There are positive signs ahead for Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly as several foreign organisations have actively injected their money into local businesses showing a resilient recovery this year.