VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has directed relevant ministries to co-ordinate efforts in a bid to clarify a suspected scam involving 100 cashew nut containers exported from Vietnam to the European market.

Vietnamese exporters are at risk of losing hundreds of millions of US dollars in a suspected scam in which they have not received any payment as agreed for 100 containers of cashew nuts already dispatched to a buyer in Italy.

VOV.VN -The Vietnamese Embassy in Russia held a meeting on March 2 with Vietnamese businesses based in the Eastern European country as they seek measures to cope with the impact of Western economic and financial sanctions imposed on Russia.

VOV.VN - The decision by Western allies to remove Russia from the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) system will not only affect Russian payments, but also many other countries globally, including Vietnam, according to experts.

VOV.VN - As many as 277 people have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus in six Vietnamese cities and provinces during the past 12 hours, including 270 cases in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, will take stronger measures to control the COVID-19 outbreak as soon as a social distancing order is due to come into effect as of 00.00hrs on May 31.

Vietnam's birds nest exports are expected to swell in the coming years.