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According to Spotify's annual year-end report, "Wrapped," which lists the year’s most streamed artists and tracks in various countries, this is the second consecutive year that BTS has become the most-streamed artist in Vietnam. The seven-member boy band has three of the top five most-streamed albums in Vietnam. V-pop singer AMEE's dreAMEE and Canadian singer Justin Bieber's Justice also made the list. Son Tung M-TP came in second on the list. His hit "Chung Ta Cua Hien Tai" (We of the Present) was also the most-streamed song on the platform in Vietnam this year. The song was followed by BTS's "Butter" and Tung's "Muon Roi Sao Ma Con" (It’s Late, But...). Rapper Den Vau was the third most streamed artist in Vietnam, followed in fourth and fifth places by pop singers Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift. The list of top Vietnamese artists also included boy band Chillies, indie singers Vu and Hoang Dung, and AMEE. Spotify, in Vietnam since 2018, is currently available in 95 markets. …

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Vietnam’s foreign trade surged 22.3 per cent year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year to exceed US$599.1 billion, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). Workers at Eclat Vietnam Textile Co Ltd's factory in Dong Nai Province. The country exported $29.9 billion worth of commodities in November, up 3.6 per cent month-on-month and 18.5 per cent year-on-year. — VNA/VNS Photo Cong Phong The figure reached $59.7 billion in November, up 8.5 per cent month-on-month and 19.7 per cent year-on-year, the GSO announced on November 29. The country exported $29.9 billion worth of commodities in November, up 3.6 per cent month-on-month and 18.5 per cent year-on-year. It raised the 11-month export turnover to close to $299.7 billion, up 17.5 per cent from a year earlier, with the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) contributing 73.6 per cent of the total, or $220.68 billion, up 20 per cent year-on-year. Thirty-four commodity items earned export revenue of …

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Việt Nam reports 14,314 news cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, including two imported cases and 14,312 local cases. The local cases are in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,491), Cần Thơ (1.132), Tây Ninh (792), Sóc Trăng (775), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (710), Đồng Tháp (690), Bình Thuận (648), Bến Tre (630), Bình Phước (547), Vĩnh Long (544), Khánh Hòa (465), Cà Mau (444), Bình Định (428), Hà Nội (400), Bạc Liêu (398), Kiên Giang (394), Đồng Nai (355), Bình Dương (355), An Giang (350), Thừa Thiên Huế (305), Hậu Giang (295), Tiền Giang (257), Trà Vinh (212), Hà Giang (160), Bắc Ninh (113), Đắk Nông (102), Thanh Hóa (94), Hải Phòng (91), Long An (90), Hải Dương (88), Lâm Đồng (84), Quảng Ngãi (81), Đà Nẵng (78), Ninh Thuận (75), Quảng Nam (63), Quảng Ninh (62), Gia Lai (61), Hưng Yên (60), Nam Định (47), Phú Thọ (45), Thái Nguyên (35), Vĩnh Phúc (34), Phú Yên (31), Thái Bình (28), Quảng Bình (25), Hòa Bình (23), Yên Bái (21), Tuyên Quang (16), Kon Tum (13), Bắc Giang (12), Hà Tĩnh (11), Lạng Sơn (11), Lào Cai …

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A mobile COVID-19 treatment station is set up at Minh Phú General Clinic in Sóc Sơn District, Hà Nội. The station has 200 beds for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms. The city reported 400 new infections on Sunday — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A total of 14,314 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Việt Nam on Sunday, bringing the total national tally to 1,309,092, according to the Ministry of Health. Of the new cases, two were imported ones while another 14,312 cases were detected in 61 provinces and cities nationwide. A total of 8,142 locally transmitted cases were found in the community outside of quarantined areas or locked down ones. HCM City continued to record the highest number of infections with 1,491, followed by Cần Thơ with 1,132, Sóc Trăng 775, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu 710 and Đồng Tháp 690. The capital city of Hà Nội reported 400 new cases. Other cases were detected in Bình Thuận (648), Bến Tre (630), Bình Phước (547), Vĩnh Long (544), Khánh Hòa (465), Cà Mau (444), Bình …

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Vietnamese famers have average income of 3.4 million VND/month The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported that the average income for farmers in 2020 was 43 million VND/year, which is equivalent to under 3.4 million VND/month. In the Draft Strategy for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development for the 2021-2030 period (with a vision towards 2050), the Ministry set the goal of raising farmers’ average income and reducing poverty in a sustainable manner. By 2030, the rural population’s income would have to be 3 times higher than in 2020, and poverty rate would fall by 1-1.5 %. Vietnam targets 100,000 IT enterprises, digital economy to contribute 30% GDP At a recent event in Da Nang, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam said that Vietnam has had 58,000 ICT enterprises and has set a target for that number to reach 100,000 by 2025. "The goal is that by 2030, Vietnam will be in the top 50 countries in terms of digital governing, and its …

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The central bank received three applications for Mobile Money service and has licenced all of them - VNPT, MobiFone and Viettel. Pham Tien Dung, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), says the central bank granted Viettel the Mobile Money service rights after the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Corporation (VNPT) announced it would pilot this service in Vietnam. The central bank received three applications for Mobile Money service and has licenced VNPT and MobiFone. Deputy Governor Pham Tien Dung said the State Bank of Vietnam has also granted a license to Viettel to provide Mobile Money services but it has not received official information from Viettel about the license. A source told ICTnews that the license of Mobile Money service for Viettel was slower than VNPT and MobiFone due to the requirement for completing the dossier. Previously, on January 7, 2020, the Government urged a pilot use of telecommunications accounts to pay for services of …

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Da Nang calls for RoK’s investment in ICT A forum to promote investment in information and communications technology (ICT) in the central city of Da Nang from the Republic of Korea (RoK) was held virtually on November 30, bringing together representatives from over 200 enterprises and investors from the two countries. The event aims to introduce potential, advantages, preferential and investment support policies of Da Nang to RoK businesses and investors, especially in ICT, and high technology. Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phan Tam said the RoK is the largest foreign investor in Vietnam with over 9,000 valid projects worth over 71.5 billion USD, including nearly 500 investment projects in the ICT field with the presence of the world's leading technology corporations such as Samsung and LG. To welcome more investments from the RoK, the Vietnamese Government has been perfecting models, mechanisms and policies to create breakthrough …

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The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) is expected to start talks on a friendly match between the Vietnamese national team and Liverpool as part of the English Premier League side’s summer tour this year. Even though negotiations have yet to begin, it is likely that Liverpool will come to Vietnam and play with the national squad during The Reds’ summer tour of 2019, VFF general secretary Le Hoai Anh confirmed to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper on Thursday. “As Liverpool will do their 2019 summer tour in Asia, VFF and its partners are contacting [the EPL club] to invite them to play in Vietnam,” Anh said. While VFF will lead the negotiations, all expenses to have Liverpool bring their players to Vietnam will be covered by businesses, according to the general secretary. “We have yet to start any direct talks yet but we stand an excellent chance,” Anh said. “If Liverpool accept the invitation, they may come to Vietnam somewhere in the third week of May,” Anh said, adding that the …

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