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Thousands of people in Quang Ngai province have been evacuated to safe ground to escape rising floodwaters that submerged parts of the locality, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

Canadian pianist Bruce Xiaoyu Li, student of renowned Vietnamese pianist Dang Thai Son, has won the first prize at the 18th Chopin piano competition in Warsaw, Poland, which is considered the world's most prestigious music awards, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The loosening of social distancing measures and increasing global demand have opened up great opportunities for Vietnamese rice exporters, according to experts, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The Vietnam Steel Association (VSA) said that the country exported more than 5.7 million tonnes of steel products in the first nine months of 2021, an increase of 78.1 percent over the same period last year.

Investment during the pandemic has proved challenging for investors across the globe. However, hopes for this top-performing Asian economy are growing as the Vietnam market has outperformed other international peers thanks to its GDP growth amid COVID-19 last year, according to the Bangkok Post.

The export value of Vietnamese tuna to China during the first half of September soared by 332% compared to the same period from last year, reported the Voice of Vietnam according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Vietnam-EU Trade Forum is expected to take place on October 27 in Hanoi to highlight the importance of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which has provided fresh impetus to trade and investment co-operation as the world moves into the new normal situation, reported VOV News.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs said that Vietnamese shrimp enjoys a competitive advantage over other shrimps from Greenland, Bangladesh, India, and Ecuador in the German market thanks to its lower price amid challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Its tourist attractions, unique culinary culture and pleasant night weather are great assets that will enable Binh Thuan province to develop its night-time economy, experts have said, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Hanoi's authorities have resumed dine-in services at restaurants from 6am on October 14, according to the Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam's cashew nuts have accounted for approximately 90 percent of the US cashew imports in spite of fierce competition from other suppliers.

Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI) into Vietnam still rose 4.4 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2021 to 22.15 billion USD, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s exports to Indonesia earned the country 2.51 billion USD in the first eight months of 2021, a surge of 44.2 percent year on year despite complicated developments of COVID-19, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Children aged between 12 and 17 years old will be vaccinated against COVID-19 this month, before expanding the vaccination to smaller age groups.

The Science Council of Thua Thien-Hue has approved the nomination documents seeking recognition by UNESCO for “Cuu Dinh”, or Nine Dynastic Urns and it will soon be sent to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for final review.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, despite the cashew industry facing stiff competition from the Ivory Coast and Nigeria, Vietnam's cashew nut market share in the United States' total imports rose slightly from 89.08% in the initial seven months last year to 89.26% this year.

State budget collection from import-export activities reached 285.62 trillion VND (12.53 billion USD) in the first nine months of this year, equivalent to 90.6 percent of the estimate and a year-on-year rise of 25.83 percent, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The agricultural sector is expected to meet its set target of earning USD44 billion from exports this year following its impressive performance over the past nine months despite the negative COVID-19 impact, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

Vietnam’s processing industry made up 86.27 percent to the total export revenue in the first nine months of 2021, the Vietnam News Agency qouted the information of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City has allowed buses, taxis, passenger cars and tech-based vehicles with fewer than nine seats each to resume their operations from October 5.

There are bright prospects ahead for Vietnamese coffee exports to the Nordic market, particularly as tariffs on coffee beans have been slashed to 0% under the provisions of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Sweden.

The nation ranked sixth on the list of the top 25 most viewed countries on popular social media platform TikTok with 107 million hits, reported the Voice of Vietnam.

The consumer price index (CPI) rose by 1.82 percent year on year between January and September, the slowest hike since 2016, the General Statistics Office (GSO) has announced, reported Vietnam News Agency.

The US is a potential market for Vietnam to export fruit and vegetable thanks to the diverse distribution system along with a 3-million-strong overseas Vietnamese community.

The nation earned US$3.15 billion from exporting goods to the Cambodian market during the opening eight months of the year, representing an annual rise of 16.7%, reported VOV.

Vietnam exported 15,870 tonnes of tuna worth 73.33 million USD to the European Union in the first half of 2021, up 39.3 percent and 31.6 percent, respectively, against the same period last year, reported Vietnam News Agency according to a journal published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Vietnamese dragon fruit not only meets the world's top bio-safety import conditions but also is highly welcomed by Australian consumers, reported Vietnam News Agency according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia.

The pilot plan to welcome back foreign tourists to Phu Quoc island city remains on schedule, said Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the southern province of Kien Giang Nguyen Luu Trung on September 23, reported Vietnam News Agency.

Vietnam’s 15.64 million medical face masks were exported in August, representing a monthly increase of 24.8%, and raising their eight-month export volume to 305.6 million pieces, the VOV qouted the date of the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

The Hanoi People’s Committee decided to loosen COVID-19 restrictions from 6:00 am of September 21 as the number of local infections went down.