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Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign media have run several articles highlighting Vietnam’s economic success given a struggling world plagued by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nikkei Asia Review said Vietnam’s production sector has proven its fast and steady recovery. The country’s open market and signing of numerous free trade agreements (FTAs), particularly the EU-Vietnam FTA, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), are promising great opportunities for growth. The paper said Vietnam stands out for its success in controlling the pandemic. According to the latest Asian Development Outlook released by the Asia Development Bank, Vietnam was estimated to grow over 2 percent last year while Thailand contracted by 7.8 percent. Thanks to its larger market scale and cheaper labour cost, Vietnam surpassed Thailand in terms of foreign direct investment and export value. The Financial … [Read more...] about Vietnam stands firm amid pandemic: international media

With their children’s financial support, this pair of old cuties now enjoy a more comfortable life, but Ngoc still sticks to his bike fixing job for an extra income. … [Read more...] about This elderly Vietnamese ‘mismatched’ couple will remind you what love is all about

The Jakarta Post from Indonesia, meanwhile, praised the rise of e-commerce in Việt Nam amid COVID-19. Although cash maintained its importance in the country, the number of mobile payments reached nearly 700 million by the end of August in 2020, up 980 per cent against in the same period of 2019, official data showed. — VNS … [Read more...] about Việt Nam stands firm amid pandemic: international media

The People's Committee of Quang Binh Province also signed investment memorandums to 22 projects of 17 investors with a total investment of nearly VND70 trillion. In which, the largest is the Phuc Loc Tho wind power plant project by the joint venture of Dong Tam Group Joint Stock Company and Quadran International Company of Lucia Group (France) with a total investment of VND28 trillion. … [Read more...] about Quang Binh Province approves 35 investment projects