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As many as 283 brands managed by 124 enterprises were honoured as Vietnam National Brands 2020 at a ceremony held in Hanoi on November 25.

The lists of the best logistics businesses in 2020 haven been recently released by the Vietnam Report JSC, the VNA reported.

Vietnam and Indonesia condemn violence, attacks using improvised explosive devices and suicide attacks at troops and peace-keeping forces in Somalia, reported VNA.

China and Hong Kong (China) have become the largest importer with 33.4 percent, followed by the US with 16.6 percent, ASEAN 9.9 percent and the European Union 9.4 percent.

Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan will begin recruiting first year students from central Vietnam to work and study in healthcare services from 2021.

Spain now has 78 direct investment projects with a total capital of 113.75 million USD, ranking 46th out of 138 countries and territories having direct investment relations in Vietnam, VOV News has reported.

Vietnam’s trade balance has a significant contribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses during the past 10 months as they obtained an export trade surplus of USD28.92 billion despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to VOV.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to grant 80 billion VND (3.46 million USD) in emergency aid from the State budget reserves this year to help people in the central region surmount consequences of recent floods, Vietnam News Agency has reported.

The expansion will increase production capacity, install additional water intake pumps, and build raw water transmission pipes from the Dong Nai River intake facility, according to Vietnam News Agency.

Ha Anh Phuong, an English-language teacher at Huong Can High School of the northern province of Phu Tho, has made her name to the list of the 10 finalists for the Global Teacher Prize 2020 of Varkey Foundation.

​The high demand for mango imports coming from the United States represents an opportunity for fresh Vietnamese mangoes to expand their market shares in this demanding market, VOV qouted projections made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

(CPV) - Currently, Vietnam sees 9 kinds of fresh fruits allowed to be imported through official channel into the Chinese markets, including dragon fruit, watermelon, litchi, longan, banana, mango, jackfruit, rambutan, and mangosteen.

The has maintained its place as Canada’s largest shrimp supplier, accounting for 34% of the North American country’s total shrimp import value, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) quoted data released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) saying that.

Vietravel and BAA Training Vietnam have co-operated together to organise pilot training tours for tourists in Ho Chi Minh City.

According to Financial news website Business Insider published an article on November 5, Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City heads the list of the ten cheapest places for American expats to live abroad.

Overcoming “heavyweight” candidates in the World Travel Awards 2020, Vietnam was honoured in three categories: ‘Asia's Leading Heritage Destination’, ‘Asia's Leading Cultural Destination’ and ‘Asia’s Leading Culinary Destination’, Nhan Dan (People) newspaper reported.

The Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) has said it is engaging with Vietnamese brewers and maltsters to expand its barley exports, as China recently imposed a tariff of over 80 percent on the product, according to Vietnam News Agency.

Singapore’s daily Business Times said on November 2 that Vietnam’s digital transformation efforts have yielded the biggest improvement among regional economies, the Vietnam News Agency said.

Helicopters are set to be deployed to drop daily necessities in Phuoc Thanh and Phuoc Loc communes of Quang Nam province, where approximately 3,000 local residents have been left cut off by flooding and landslides in recent days.

Chilean authorities have granted permission to Vietnam to ship pomelo to the Latin American market, the Nhan Dan newspaper reported.

Vietnam’s shrimp exports are forecast to reach 3.7 billion USD this year, posting an year-on-year increase of 9.8 per cent, fuelled by the Eupean Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which facilitated export to the EU markets, Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted statistics from the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers.

The PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Company (PV GAS) and the US-based AES Corporation have signed the term sheet of the joint venture agreement for the development of the Son My LNG Import Terminal Project - a project with a total investment cost of 1.4 billion USD, according to Vietnam News Agency.

A photo depicting a Vietnamese building that is distinguishable by all of its windows being covered with the national flag has been granted first place in the World in Lockdown category of the Aerial Photography Awards 2020.

The website usnews.com has published its Best University Rankings 2021 and named Vietnam’s Ton Duc Thang University among top 700 in the world, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has reported.

On October 26, the central localities provinces spanning from Nghe An to Thua Thien Hue will see moderate and heavy rain with rainfall of 50-150mm and over 200 mmm in some places.

A landscape protection zone for the My Son Sanctuary, a world cultural heritage site in the central province of Quang Nam, has been set up to preserve both historical and cultural relics and biodiversity there, according to Vietnam News Agency.

According to experts, despite the negative impact of COVID-19 on the global economy, the nation was one of the few countries in the world to record positive economic growth in the third quarter of the year, enjoying an annual rise 2.62%, with nine-month GDP increasing by 2.12% on-year.

China (Hong Kong) and the United States (US) remain the two largest export markets for Vietnamese tra fish, according to figures released by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), according to VOV News.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus totaling USD17.3 billion by mid-October, with import-export turnover during the first half of October reaching approximately USD25 billion, the Voice of Vietnam quoted statistics released by the General Department of Vietnam Customs saying that.

According to the Office of the Steering Committee on Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, the flash floods and landslides triggered by downpours in the central region have claimed 84 lives and left 38 others missing.