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The trade and investment activities between the US and Vietnam have helped create tens of thousands of jobs in the US and make Vietnam one of the fastest growing economies in Southeast Asia.

Vietnam marked the 95th straight day without community transmission of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 on July 20th morning, and there were also no new infection cases overnight to report, said the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, according to Vietnam News Agency.

According to the General Department of Customs, Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 5.46 billion USD in the first six months of this year, nearly 1.5 billion USD higher than the estimated 4 billion USD.

Vietnamese authorities, representative offices in the US and the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines coordinated with the US side in conducting a flight bringing Vietnamese citizens there back home on July 15th and 16th.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed to the Prime Minister that international flights to priority areas could begin to operate from early August, the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has reported.

Vietnam News Agencies has reported Vietnam confirmed one imported COVID-19 case on July 14th morning, bringing the total infections nationwide to 373, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

​Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam was ranked third among the list of the world’s top 25 cities in 2020 recently announced by Travel+ Leisure.

Stephen Cameron, a 43-year-old British pilot who has been the most severe novel coronavirus (COVID-19) case in Vietnam, is scheduled to be repatriated to his native UK on July 12th on the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner he used to fly, as soon as he receives a discharge from hospital.

A rock bed dating back to the Le Trung Hung (Restored Le) era (1533 – 1789) was recently unearthed in Xich Tho commune of Nho Quan district, the northern province of Ninh Binh, Vietnam News Agency reported.

According to Vietnam News Agency, Vietnam’s exports of fruits and vegetables to major markets like the US, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Thailand have surged despite the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide.

Vietnamese electric motorbike manufacturer PEGA has recently signed contracts with a value of nearly USD3 million to export two types of electric motorbikes to Cuba after its partner in the Caribbean nation had successfully tested and assessed the products’ overall quality.

The Government has issued Decree No.75/2020/ND-CP with detailed regulations on adopting the Law on Entry, Exit, Transit, and Residence of Foreigners in Vietnam, also known as Immigration Law 2019, which aims to attract foreign investment.

Approximately 3,000 experts, senior personnel, investors, managers, and engineers have received permission to enter Ho Chi Minh City with the aim of assisting local enterprises in recovering production, according to the Voice of Vietnam.

(CPV) - Vietjet has cooperated with Facebook to launch the tourism promotion program "Immense Vietnam - Fly green with Vietjet".

Vietnamese lychee was officially put up for sale in Singapore’s FairPrice supermarket chain, making the first year when the specialty fruit has been imported from the Southeast Asian country on a large scale.

According to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam, Vietnam has recorded a trade surplus of USD4 billion during the first half of the year despite the complex nature of COVID-19 pandemic, with figures revealing the trend is increasingly true among the country’s leading trade partners.

An additional five COVID-19 patients were successfully discharged from hospital on June 29th, including a six-years-old child, with the country’s total number of recoveries rising to 335 cases, equaling a recovery rate of 94.4%.

British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward thanked Vietnamese doctors for saving the British pilot who was infected with COVID-19, during a visit to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital of Tropical Diseases on June 26th, according to Radio the Voice of Vietnam.

Vietnam is Canada's second largest shrimp supplier, and its prices are among the highest of all shrimp suppliers to Canada.

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), an education organisation based in the UK, announced on June 24th that two Vietnamese universities have made it into the QS Top 50 Under 50 2021, which ranks the world’s best universities which have been founded within the past 50 years.

On June 23rd, the northern province of Hai Duong successfully shipped an initial batch of 1.2 tonnes of fresh lychees to the Japanese market.

Vietnam national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on June 22nd officially launched three new air routes from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

Vietnam's shrimp exports to Canada in the first four months of this year recorded double-digit growth, a positive figure in the context of declining export turnover for many commodities due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The website Watson.ch of Switzerland has run an article emphasising that information transparency and the people's unity have contributed to Vietnam’s success in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

A group of three local female scientists have been named among the list of the 100 most outstanding researchers of the year, as compiled by the magazine Asian Scientist of Singapore.

Lotte Mart, working in collaboration with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK), hosted a trade promotion event Seoul on June 16th to introduce Vietnamese bananas to Lotte supermarket chain based across the country.

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, exports of vegetable and fruits fetched more than 1.5 billion USD in the first six months of the year, a year-on-year decline of 14.5 percent.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines opened seven new routes on June 12th linking Vinh city in central Nghe An province and the northern port city of Hai Phong with domestic tourist destinations.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan was elected as Chairperson of the National Election Council at the ongoing ninth session of the 14th legislature in Hanoi on June 11th.

Son Doong, the world’s largest cave located in Vietnam's central province of Quang Binh, has been named among 20 record-breaking natural wonders by the US’s Insider newswire.