VGP - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised up Viet Nam’s economic growth forecast to 2.3% in 2020 from the previous estimate of 1.8% in September, citing the strength of accelerated public investment, revived domestic consumption.

VGP – Associate Professor Tran Xuan Bach and Professor Tran Thi Ly have become the first Vietnamese scientists to receive the Noam Chomsky Global Connections Award.

VGP – The Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Viet Nam (CLMV) Summit provides a platform to foster economic cooperation and  integration among the four member countries and narrow development gap between them and other ASEAN members.

VGP - A report on multi-dimensional review of Viet Nam was released at a ceremony jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Ha Noi on December 8.

VGP - Twelve Vietnamese universities were listed in the world’s top 3,000 in the University Ranking by Academic Performance by Turkey's non-profit organization (URAP), an increase of four compared to the list in 2019. 

VGP - As many as six flights carrying 1,620 Vietnamese citizens from Indonesia, Europe, America and Africa, the Philippines, the U.S., Russia and Saudi Arabia landed in Viet Nam from November 31-December 6, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

VGP – The 4th Viet Nam-Australia Defense Policy Dialogue was held digitally on December 3, during which both sides reviewed and discussed ways to beef up bilateral defense ties.

VGP - The European Union on December 1 announced a new €20 million program to support the preparedness and response capacities of ASEAN nations as part of Team Europe's global response to the coronavirus pandemic.