Vietnam will reopen regular commercial flights to the U.S. and eight Asian destinations starting January 1, 2022 in the first phase of a program to revive international travel.

Flight connections are available across Vietnam as domestic travel resumes; international tourism resumption in trial phase.

Two years of the Covid-19 pandemic have scarred Vietnam economically, dragging down major sectors' revenues and sending unemployment soaring.

Vietnam recorded an average GDP growth of 6 percent a year in the last five years, among the highest in the world.

All three main indices in Vietnam saw double-digit gains in the first half of the year as new investors flocked to the market amid an economic recovery.

Vietnam’s economy is recovering from a low base last year, but the number of businesses leaving the market remains high amid growth prospects narrowed by several outbreaks.

Conglomerate Masan bought and sold stakes in 11 companies in the last decade to build up its ecosystem of retail and consumer goods.

Hyundai Accent, Mitsubishi Xpander and VinFast Fadil were the top three cars in terms of sales in the first quarter, accounting for a combined 13,500 units.

Vietnam has begun 2021 with improved GDP growth, foreign direct investment and trade, but the number of suspended businesses remains high.

The Mekong Delta region, Vietnam's rice and fisheries basket, is facing several economic challenges including rising migration, natural disasters and climate change.

Vietnam’s GDP has grown 12 times in the 35 years since it opened up the economy by initiating the "Doi Moi" economic reforms.

Vietnam’s GDP grew 2.91 percent this year, the lowest in a decade, but it remained one of the fastest-growing economies in the world.

As the Covid-19 pandemic grounded 16,000 aircraft globally, Vietnam’s aviation industry suffered in 2020 with international flights restricted and plunging number of passengers.