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Vietnamese Grandmaster Le Quang Liem has been back on the International Chess Federation (FIDE) standard chess ranking after two-year absence as he had not competed in this category internationally since 2020, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The country is projected to attract greater investment from the United States, Europe, and other major global enterprises under a recently approved strategy on foreign investment co-operation, reported VOV News.

Budget airline Vietjet Air has resumed its air route linking Hanoi and Busan, a beautiful coastal city in the Republic of Korea (RoK)

Tan Long Group JSC, in collaboration with Kiraboshi Bank, held a ceremony in Tokyo on June 30 to introduce ST25 rice, which was named the world’s best rice in 2019, to the Japanese market, according to Vietnam News Agency.

A report of the General Statistics Office (GSO) said that Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$710 million in the first half of 2022.

According to the General Statistics Office (GSO), the number of foreign tourists visiting Vietnam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000.

Agro-forestry-fishery exports hit roughly USD27.88 billion in the first six months of the year, recording a year-on-year rise of 13.9%, reported the Voice of Vietnam according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Vietnam has recorded impressive growth in exports to Hungary in recent years, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam recorded 653 new cases of COVID-19 and 9,351 recoveries in the past 24 hours from 4pm June 24 to 4pm June 25, reported Vietnam News Agency according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs revealed that the market share of Vietnamese coffee grew from 8.95% to 9.6% of the United States’ total imports during the period from January to April of this year.

The Jury of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) and the L’Oréal Foundation on June 22 presented the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Rising Talent Award in 2022 to Dr. Ho Thi Thanh Van, a chemicals scientist who is working at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Resources and Environment.

Binh Duong smart city of the southern province of the same name was named in the 2022 Top 7 Intelligent Communities 2022 worldwide at a ceremony on June 21, reported Vietnam News Agency.

With strong recovery momentum, Vietnam's tra fish (pangasius) exports are anticipated to hit 2.6 billion USD this year, VOV News quoted details given by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

A ceremony will be held by the southern province of Binh Duong on June 20-21 to mark it named in the Top 7 Intelligent Communities of 2022 worldwide.

According to VOV, during the first 5 months of the year, Vietnam's seafood exports to Japan continued to rise to US$638.91 million, accounting for 13.6% of the nation's overall export turnover.

A seminar entitled “Vietnamese lychees go global” has takenplace in Hanoi to support and promote the global brand name of the popular Vietnamese fruit and help take Vietnamese lychee exports to the next level.

VinFast, a Vietnamese car manufacturer, has unveiled its plans to launch more than 50 sales and after-sales service centres (VinFast Store) in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

Vietnam’s credit growth as of June 9 expanded by 17.09 percent against the same period last year, Vietnam News Agency quoted saying of Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu on June 15.

Vietnam is finalising procedures to get allowance to export longan to Japan – one of the world’s choosiest markets, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The retail prices of oil and petrol continued to rise from June 13, VNA reported the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Health confirmed 568 new infections of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours to 4pm June 12, down 142 cases from the previous day, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Cai Mep port of Vietnam has been ranked 11th among the 370 most efficient container terminals/port clusters globally, according to the Container Port Performance Index 2021 report (CPPI 2021) developed and published recently by World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached approximately USD368 billion in 2021, making it the fifth-largest economy in Southeast Asia and 41st in the world, reported the Voice of Vietnam according to statistics from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook.

Negotiations on the export of durian to China are in the final steps and expected to finish soon so that this type of fruit can be shipped to China via official channels this year, heard an online forum held on June 8, reported Vietnam News Agency.

About 110,000 tonnes of rubber of Vietnam worth 181 million USD were exported in May, up 40.4 percent in volume and 27.9 percent in value against the previous month.

Vietnamese Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh has been honoured with the Interdisciplinary Prize of the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Chemistry for her outstanding achievements in research and innovation, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has used more than 45.444 trillion VND (1.96 billion USD) from the unemployment insurance fund to pay for employees and employers over the past two years, given serious COVID-19-induced difficulties facing production and business activities, reported Vietnam News Agency.

A plan drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that Vietnam will construct five first-class fishing ports for fishery hubs across the country in the 2021-2030 period.

On June 4, Vietjet officially inaugurated two direct routes connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi of Vietnam with Mumbai – the financial and economic centre and the biggest city of India.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s International Trade Association (KITA) and the Seoul-based Convention and Exhibition Centre (COEX) have said they will resume overseas exhibitions after an almost-three-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Vietnam News Agency.