VOV.VN - Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Vietnam and the United States have enjoyed positive growth in their trade exchanges, with bilateral trade value hitting a record high of US$100 billion.

VOV.VN - 2021 represented an especially tough year for the entire world, including Vietnam, following the resurgence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which dealt a heavy blow to business production and negatively impacted people’s life.

VOV.VN - Despite enduring numerous difficulties caused by the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, the Vietnamese agricultural sector has recorded encouraging results this year and surpassed the annual target to act as a powerful lever for the national economy.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Australia on December 21 published their Enhanced Economic Engagement Strategy, setting out a roadmap to boost bilateral trade and investment ties.

Three aid packages will be carried out in 2022 to help promote digital transformation in Vietnamese enterprises, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The Foreign Ministry chaired a mid-term review conference in both online and offline formats on December 20 on the implementation of a project on developing ties between Vietnam and the Middle East – Africa countries for the 2016-2025 period.

Vietnam and New Zealand can complement each other and have huge potential for boosting trade and investment in various fields, particularly agriculture, heard at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 17.

Offshore wind power is considered a promising field and able to replace renewable energy in Vietnam but the industry is rather new and it is difficult to implement offshore wind power projects, heard participants at a seminar held in Hanoi on December 16.

Otrafy, a startup that provides quality management and supply-chain software to the food industry, will represent Vietnam at the Startup World Cup next year after championing the National Innovative Technopreneur Contest on December 15.

VOV.VN - Business leaders of major leading groups in the Republic of Korea expressed their desires to expand investment in Vietnam during their separate meetings with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Seoul on December 13.