The Lao Embassy in Vietnam, the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations, and the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association had a working session with the Hanoi Capital High Command on January 4.

VOV.VN - The nation has reported its first imported case of a new variant of the novel coronavirus VOC 202012/01, which originated in the UK, according to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Six Vietnamese businesses are participating in an online international agricultural exhibition which opened in Algeria on January 1 aimed at introducing Vietnam's economic, foreign trade, and investment situation, in addition to mutual trading ties and business opportunities in the nation.

VOV.VN - 2020 witnessed Vietnamese import-export turnover reach over US$543,9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.1%, according to the General Department of Customs.

VOV.VN - Close to 360 Vietnamese citizens in the US, including minors under 18, the elderly, sick people, and students who have completed their courses and have difficulty in accommodation, and other specially difficult cases were flown home safely on a flight operated by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 31 and January 1.

Vietnam is set to be home to 26 airports by 2030, 14 of which will be international, according to a draft master plan on the development of the national airport network to 2030 and vision to 2050 from the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV).

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%.

VOV.VN - Vietnam on December 27 registered another coronavirus infection, a Vietnamese returnee from the United States, according to the Ministry of Health.

Saigon - Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB) has just become the only Vietnamese representative to be honoured as “Bank of the Year 2020” by The Banker magazine.