The cost to hire shipping containers has skyrocketed to nearly ten times its pre-pandemic level, according to export businesses and trade agencies.

Vietnam is always a leading partner of the Netherlands in Asia, said the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag, at an online meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh on January 14.

VOV.VN - The organisers of the Miss World Vietnam 2021 pageant have unveiled the latest schedule for the upcoming beauty contest, aiming to select a Vietnamese representative to the world beauty pageant in the future.

Nearly 500 representatives from the Vietnam Tourism Association, the Vietnam Society of Travel Agents, the culture and tourism sector, and involved agencies joined the National Travel Agents Forum 2021 held in the northern city of Hai Phong on January 12.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is set to host annual national e-sports tournaments starting from this year, said the Vietnam Recreational E-sport Association (VIRESA) during a ceremony held in Hanoi on January 13 to launch a white book on local e-sports.

VOV.VN - During the past five years the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee has held 14 conferences and adopted 10 important resolutions. Following is the timeline for the past 14 conferences and 10 resolutions.

With rapid development over the past 30 years, cooperation between Vietnam and the EU is expected to grow further in 2021 and the years to come, a Vietnamese official has said.

Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has assigned the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) to devise measures to control illegal financial transactions and tax evasion via illicit international payment gateways.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese economy is predicted to enjoy a bounce back in 2021 with GDP growth reaching 7.6% and inflation being curbed at an average of 3.3%, according to experts of Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC).

VOV.VN - The LiveSpace Vietnam programme has been launched in Hanoi with the aim of discovering talented local singers and music bands.