Tag: Vietnam
Vietnamese rice records new price peak
VOV.VN - The prices of Vietnamese rice has reached a new record of US$567 per tonne, whilst continuing to exceed regional peers such as Thailand, India, and Pakistan, according to figures released by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Indonesia speaks highly of Vietnam’s digital economy
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has spoken highly of Vietnam’s digital economy which grew by 16% in 2020.
Ngoc Thao wows in Thai costume
VOV.VN - Ngoc Thao, second runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2020, has posed for photographs whilst wearing a wonderful Thai costume as part of her participation in the Miss Grand International 2020 beauty pageant.
New Zealand to aid informal female workers in central region
VOV.VN - The Embassy of New Zealand and ActionAid Vietnam will provide support for female workers operating in informal sectors in the central city of Da Nang City and Thua Thien-Hue province in line with a new partnership.
Diplomats commemorate fallen Algerian journalists in Vietnam
Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Vinh, along with staff from the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria and certain agencies, laid a wreath at a memorial stele on “Journalistes du Vietnam 8/3/1974” Street in the Algerian capital - Algiers - on March 7 to commemorate Algerian journalists who died in a plane crash in Vietnam in 1974.
International Women’s Day marked in Geneva
The Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, the World Trade Organisation and other international organisations in Geneva held a gathering on March 8 on the occasion of the 1981st anniversary of the Hai Ba Trung Uprising and the 111th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
Local rubber exports to China enjoy impressive growth
VOV.VN - Vietnam exported a total of 1.36 million tonnes of rubber worth a total of US$1.83 billion to China last year, representing an increase of 17.4% in volume and a rise of 18.1% in value, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Vietnam, IFC together to promote female management in finance-banking
The government and the International Finance Corporation aims to increase the number of women in leadership positions in banks.
40 illegal immigrants found in HCM City
Ho Chi Minh City’s police have detected 40 foreigners, all Chinese, who entered Vietnam illegally on March 5-6.
Vietnam’s economy breaks into moderately free category for first time
Vietnam’s economic freedom score is now 61.7, making its economy the 90th freest in the 2021 Index of Economic Freedom.
