VOV.VN - There is more room for strengthening cooperation between Vietnam and India in the areas of garment, food and pharmaceutical processing, information technology, building materials and renewable energy.

Da Nang has appreciated the contributions and accompany of foreigners in the city in this tough year, and hoped to continue to receive more assistance from foreign individuals, organisations and businesses during the recovery process in the city and the central region as a whole, said Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Trung Chinh.

Real estate sales will be another key driver of credit growth, as apartment supply and sales are likely to pick up in 2021.

Vietnam’s economic growth is projected at 6.17% in 2021 in a base-line scenario and may even reach 6.72% in the best-case scenario, heard a conference held in Hanoi on January 20.

The first meeting of the Vietnam-Germany Joint Committee for Economic Cooperation was held online on January 12, during which participants discussed the cooperation possibilities in industry and trade, manufacturing-processing, energy, and education-training.

VOV.VN - An international exhibition displaying the year’s leading innovations opened on January 9 in Hanoi alongside the ground-breaking ceremony for the national innovation centre.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) targets a credit growth rate of 12% in 2021, equivalent to the growth of 12.13% last year, according to SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu.

Vietnam posted the fastest growth in Asia in 2020 and will once again be among the most outstanding performers in the region this year, according to the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

A project named “Humanitarian Aid and Post-Flood Recovery in Central Vietnam”, funded by the Dutch Relief Alliance under the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands, was launched in the central province of Quang Nam on December 29.

VOV.VN - Nikkei Asia, Japan's major media group has been appreciative of the prospect of Vietnam's economic recovery in 2021, with a forecast growth rate of 10.9%.