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Despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam has obtained a trade surplus of US$1.3 billion in January, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Foreign enterprises poured a considerable amount of capital into manufacturing and processing projects in the first half of January, an official has said.

Boerse-online.de – a German securities news site, on January 30 ran an article highlighting the great potential of the Vietnamese market for foreign investment, saying that it is the time for investors to look to the Southeast Asian market.

Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Hungary hit a historic record of more than US$1 billion in 2020, reflecting the enhanced relationship between the two countries in recent years.

Total investment to expand capital at existing projects in January rose by 41.4 percent on-year, while total investment increased by 51.7 percent, excluding the $4 billion LNG project in Bac Lieu province registered in last January.

Passengers from and to Van Don Airport can have their tickets cancelled or changed to other dates after the airport closed for Covid-19 prevention.

Vietnam welcomed 17,736 foreign visitors in January, a month-on-month increase of 9 percent but down 99.1 percent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office announced on January 29.

Many landlords in Binh Duong Province have lowered the rents by half for people who can't return to their hometowns during Tet Holiday due to Covid-19.

The southern central province of Khanh Hoa has seen a sharp rise in its tuna exports to the US and Europe.

Apple is ramping up the production of iPhones, iPads, Macs and other products outside of China, in a sign that the tech giant is continuing to accelerate its production diversification, reported Nikkei Asia.

The first 60 tonnes of jasmin rice shipped to the UK under the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) hit the shelves in London on January 26.

Many traders at the Ben Thanh Market have started to sell online as the number of customers has sharply decreased due to Covid-19.

Vietnamese authorities are boosting sweet potato exports to Japan after the prices for Vietnam's potatoes in Japan peaked to USD2,047 a tonne.

The domestic shipping industry needs support from the State to develop Vietnam’s fleet of cargo ships, according to the Ministry of Transport.

More people have come to pay taxes for their online businesses in Hanoi in 2020.

South Korea recorded its worst growth in more than two decades in 2020, the central bank said Tuesday, but it is expected to be among the best-performing OECD economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vietnam Airlines, VietJet Air and Bamboo Airways have been found selling more tickets than their seating capacity.

The production and import of phones using 2G and 3G technology will stop from the beginning of July, according to a new circular from the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Fishermen at Hon Ro Port in Khanh Hoa Province are enjoying big catches of tuna after 20 days at the sea.