NDO - The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has actively and flexibly operated its monetary policy in accordance with fiscal policy and other macroeconomic factors to control inflation, support macroeconomic stability and contribute to economic recovery in the first half of 2021. 

NDO/VNA - Trade in goods between Vietnam and the European Union (EU) has seen positive growth since the beginning of 2021, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO/VNA – Fresh lychees from Vietnam have hit the shelves of a supermarket in the Netherlands and received warm response, expecting to make further inroads into this market in the time ahead. 

NDO/VNA – The manufacturing and processing sector has taken the lead in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) since the beginning of this year, pulling in US$6.1 billion, or over 43% of the total. 

NDO/VNA – The Vietnam International Expo on Support Industries and Processing - Manufacturing (VIMEXPO 2021) is scheduled to take place from October 27-29 at the International Centre for Exhibition (ICE) in Hanoi. 

NDO/VNA – The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has issued a plan to implement the city's transport infrastructure upgrade project in the 2021-2030 period, which will require investment of VND970.6 trillion (US$42.3 billion). 

NDO – The Quang Ngai Provincial People’s Committee recently approved a list of key projects to call for investment in the period from 2021-2025. 

NDO – Vietnam’s garment and textile exports were estimated to have reached US$12.2 billion in the first five months of 2021, up 15% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT). 

NDO/VNA – The Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) on June 18 welcomed the first flow of gas from Su Tu Trang (White Lion) oil field in phase 2A. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam needs to pay special attention to promoting development of industrial production and retail as both sectors may continue to be affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, according to the World Bank (WB). 

NDO – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed a number of documents on agricultural cooperation on June 17. 

NDO – Footwear enterprises have escaped from difficulties caused by the shortage of raw materials and orders during the first outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and they have so far gained the confidence to boost production in alignment with pandemic preventive measures as the demand in the world market has risen again. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam has recorded continual growth in squid and octopus exports to China over the last three years, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). 

NDO/VNA - Industrial and trading activities of Vietnam have sustained their growth trend although the COVID-19 resurgence has hit some provinces and cities with large industrial parks, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai said on June 17.