Foreign tourists arrival to Vietnam in 2020 is estimated at 3.8 million, down 78.7 percent compared to 2019.
Foreign investors had poured more than 28.5 billion USD into the Vietnamese market as of December 20, equivalent to 75 percent of the amount in the same period last year.
The Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) on Dec. 19, 2020 officially announced Vinaphone’s 5G mobile coverage in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam among very few countries to post GDP growth rate of 2.5-3 percent, and the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement in 2020 when Vietnam assumes ASEAN Chairmanship are among the top 10 domestic economic events in the year.
The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has selected the top 10 outstanding events in Vietnam in 2020.
The Vietnam News Agency has selected the ten most significant global economic issues during the year.
The 2020 CPI rose by 3.23 percent from 2019 while basic inflation climbed by 2.31 percent annually.
The national strategy on road traffic safety for 2021-2030 period and a vision to 2045 aims to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by road traffic accidents annually by 5-10 percent in a sustainable manner.
Twenty percent of Vietnam’s population will be 60 years of age or older within the next 20 years, resulting in the country experiencing an “elderly population crisis”.
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will take place in Hanoi from January 25 to February 2, 2021.
The personnel preparations for the 13th national party congress have been carried out carefully through 12th-tenure Party Central Committee's sessions.
More than 200 international flights have been conducted from April 10 to December 20, 2020 to bring Vietnamese citizens home during the Covid-19 epidemic.
The first human trial of COVID-19 vaccine Nanocovax began in Vietnam on December 17 with the first three volunteers. After 72 hours, they are in good health condition.
The 14th plenum of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee wrapped up in Hanoi on December 18 after nearly five days of working, with all agenda items completed.
Important issues of the 14th session of the 12th tenure Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee.
Vietnam’s law-making National Assembly has recently approved a resolution to turn Phu Quoc into Vietnam’s first island city.
With the support of trade promotion activities, export markets of Vietnamese goods are increasingly expanding.
Vietnam’s import-export turnover is likely to surpass 500 billion USD in 2019 despite declining demand in the world market.
Vietnam has been taken drastic measures to ensure traffic safety and order for the upcoming 13th National Party Congress and the 2021 Lunar New Year.
The 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress will be held in Hanoi this week to honor labor heroes, emulation vanguards, and role models in the national emulation movement. With the theme “Solidarity, Creativity, Emulation in National Construction and Defense”, the Congress hopes to inspire national unity in fulfilling socio-economic development tasks.