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European companies ended 2021 more positive and optimistic about Vietnam’s trade and investment environment, reported Vietnam News Agency according to the Business Climate Index (BCI) announced by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on January 27.

With robust export growth in both the United States and the EU markets last year, there are bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese shrimp exports in 2022, reported VOV News.

The first regular flight from London to Hanoi was conducted by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on January 25 after a gap of almost two years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, there are currently more than 93,000 foreigners with work permits in Vietnam.

Students of Laos and Cambodia in Ho Chi Minh City have received many gifts on the occasion of the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) of Vietnam, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnam – US bilateral trade set a new milestone, hitting 111.56 billion USD in 2021, up nearly 21 billion USD over the previous year, the Vietnam News Agency qouted the data of the General Department of Customs.

The Ministry of Health has proposed that the Government permit the purchase of 21.9 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses in order to inoculate local children aged 5 to 11, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

Despite the complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, export turnover of fiber of Vietnam of all types reached a record high of 5.5 billion USD in 2021.

Dragon fruit businesses of Binh Thuan, Long An and Tien Giang are due to attend an online conference jointly hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in India and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to promote the export of this fruit to India, reported VOV News.

Vietnam is aiming at 900 million USD from cashew nut export to the European Union (EU) in 2022, reported VNA.

Truc Bach ward in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district has launched an online medical station, making it the first of its kind in the capital city – Vietnam’s current largest COVID-19 hotspot, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam logged an additional 15,684 COVID-19 infections, including 41 imported ones, over the past 24 hours to 4pm on January 16, reported Vietnam News Agency according to statistics from the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi has remained at the top of global travellers’ wish lists although COVID-19 travel restrictions severely hit the city’s tourism last year.

Amid rapid economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction this year is anticipated to record positive signs and hit 40 billion USD, reported VOV News.

Positive predictions for Vietnam’s economy this year, with growth expected at 6.5 - 6.7 percent, have been issued by foreign financial organisations.

The American news channel CNN has named Pho Bo (Vietnamese beef noodle soup) second on the list of 20 best soups in the world, along with China’s Lanzhou equivalent and Thailand’s Tom yum goong, reported VNA.

In the run-up to Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest traditional festival of Vietnam, the inflow of remittances sent by overseas Vietnamese to the homeland has been on the rise, fueled further by local banks’ preferential programmes, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said that on January 10 morning, China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city of Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province, including bridges Bac Luan 1 and Bac Luan 2, and pontoon bridge Km 3+4, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Photographer Linh Pham will be the first Vietnamese ever to join the World Press Photo Contest jury, reported VNA.

Vietnam documented 16,553 new cases of COVID-19, 40 of which were imported, over the last 24 hours to 4:00pm on January 8, reported Vietnam News Agency according to the Ministry of Health.

Trade between Vietnam and the EU reached US$63.6 billion in 2021, an increase of 14.8%, despite the impact of the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak.

A Vietnam Airlines plane was forced to be diverted to land after a man through a phone call threatened to shoot down the plane over Tokyo Bay on January 5, reported VOV.

Vietnam secured a total of 195.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from March 2021 to January 2, 2022, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam's 2021 coffee export revenue is estimated at over 3 billion USD despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam News Agency quoted sayings of an industry official.

As many as 17,346 tourists visited Sa Pa township, a famous tourist destination in the northern province of Lao Cai, during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), the Vietnam News Agency qouted the figure of the Head of the Culture-Information Office of the township Hoang Thi Vuong.

Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Vietnam and the United States have enjoyed positive growth in their trade exchanges, with bilateral trade value hitting a record high of 100 billion USD, reported VOV News.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on January 1 coordinated with authorities of Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang city and Thua Thien - Hue province to hold ceremonies to welcome the first tourists to the localities, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam has collected approximately US$950 million from exporting 260,000 tonnes of pepper this year, becoming the world’s largest supplier of pepper despite facing challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Voice of Vietnam quoted the data of the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

Vietnam raked in approximately US$950 million from exporting 260,000 tonnes of pepper this year, becoming the world’s largest supplier of pepper despite facing challenges relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, VOV cited data given by the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 4 billion USD in 2021, marking the 6th consecutive year in a row the country's export turnover is higher than its import revenue, Vietnam News Agency quoted General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong saying that on December 29.