The country is projected to have 28 airports nationwide, including 14 international ones, by the year 2030, according a draft master plan on developing local airports for the 2021 to 2030 period, with a vision towards 2050.

PSNews - The World Bank and Standard Chartered Bank forecast Vietnam’s recovery will accelerate markedly in 2022, with GDP growing by 5.5 percent to 6.7 percent. According to international economists, this forecast is considered a possible mission. However, the growth also depends on the evolution of the pandemic.

PSNews - The restoration for fresh fruit import by Yunnan province is expected to reduce congestion at the shared border gates between the two countries in Lang Son and Quang Ninh.

Vietnamese businesses are expected to export 155,000 tonnes of cashew nuts worth US$900 million to the European Union in 2022, representing a rise of 15% in volume and 10% in value compared to 2021, according to forecasts set out by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

An array of programmes and overall solutions have been adopted by the Government aimed at accelerating the country’s economic recovery process amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with one of the important issues being how to restore aggregate demand.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked ministries and localities to work with the Chinese side to reopen some border gates, the Government’s Office said in a notice.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Hungary reached a record high of more than US$1 billion in 2021, marking a second consecutive rise and making Vietnam the leading Southeast Asian exporter to the market.

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports to the EU market are likely to enjoy a 15% increase this year thanks to maximising benefits from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

At the end of the third quarter of 2021, Vietnam had 28.2 million people aged 15 years and older whose employment was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rate of underemployed people among working age people in the first quarter saw the highest increase for 10 years.

China has announced the reopening of Pingmeng border gate with Vietnam’s Soc Giang border gate in Cao Bang province from 10:00 on January 7.

Vietnam remained the major tea supplier for the Taiwanese market as it exported 16,970 tonnes of tea worth US$26.7 million during the initial 11 months of last year, up 8.7% in volume and 7.8% in value year on year according to data released by Taiwan (China)’s Customs Administration.

Trade between Vietnam and the EU rose 14.8% in 2021 to US$63.6 billion despite the impact of the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak.

The Finance Ministry recently annouced State budget estimates for 2022, which provides the public with essential information on macro-economic indices in the year.

PSNews - After the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) officially took effect (from May 1, 2021), Vietnam's export turnover to the UK in 2021 has positively increased in spite of the disruption of the global supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) came into force as of January 1. This is the first agreement in which ASEAN plays a central role, leading economic cooperation in the region.

Vietnam’s rice output topped 43.86 million tonnes in 2021, up 1.1 million tonnes year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.