VOV.VN - Japanese police have announced the arrest of a 17-year-old boy in Yamagata prefecture on suspicion of the forcible obstruction of business after he threatened to shoot down a Vietnam Airlines passenger plane as it flew over Tokyo Bay in early January.

VOV.VN - Two-way trade between the nation and India passed the US$13 billion mark for the first time in 2021, thereby making India the country’s eighth largest trading partner.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Peace Bella 2021 beauty pageant is set to be launched in the central city of Da Nang from March 12.

HSBC Vietnam has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for evaluating and providing financing solutions with the Trungnam Construction Investment Corporation (Trungnam Group), one of the largest renewable energy developers in Vietnam, according to Saigon Giai Phong newspaper.

Bamboo Airways will launch the Vietnam-Singapore route from March 24, part of the carrier’s plan to expand its international network to 40 this year.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s merchandise trade balance remains in surplus, despite an export slowdown, while FDI commitment and disbursement enjoyed a solid start to the year, according to the “Vietnam Macro Monitoring” monthly report released by the World Bank.

VOV.VN - Current efforts to reopen international flights after a hiatus of nearly two years due to the ravaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is viewed as a "revival" medicine for airlines and the local tourism industry, as well as economic recovery as a whole.

VOV.VN - Out-going Canadian Ambassador Deborah Paul has been honoured with the “For peace and friendship among nations” insignia for her valuable contributions to consolidating and deepening the mutual understanding, friendship, and co-operation between the nation and Canada.

Despite challenges prompted by the complex developments of COVID-19, Vietnam saw positive signals in foreign investment in 2021, according to an article published on the foreign investment consulting firm Dezan Shira & Associates’ Vietnam Briefing website.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) and Amata Vietnam to apply latest technologies in the US$5 billion oil refining and petrochemical project in Vietnam.