VGP - The national flag carrier Viet Nam Airlines will launch the first direct route between Viet Nam and the United States in 2018, with the destination being either San Francisco or Los Angeles.

VGP - An event to promote Thai products is taking place at the Ha Noi International Exhibition Centre.

VGP - The low-cost carrier Vietjet has received an A321neo with the tail number of VN-646 flown from Hamburg, Germany, to Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City.

VGP – The growth of textiles exports over the recent 20 years are mainly attributed to the country's international economic integration and exploitation of Free Trade Agreements it signed.

VGP - Tra fish export turnover this year exceeds US$1.75 billion and the fish farming area has increased again in the Mekong Delta region, said the Vietnam Pangasius Fish Association.

VGP -  The Republic of Korea (RoK) investments in Viet Nam this year surpassed over $60 billion, accounting for nearly 30% of all foreign direct investment (FDI), making it the largest foreign investor in the country, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

 VGP - A ceremony was held in Noi Bai international airport in Ha Noi on December 27 to welcome the 94 millionth passenger aboard the 800,000th flight operated by the Viet Nam Air Traffic Management Corporation (VATM) this year.

VGP - Viet Nam’s economic growth has been improved in 2017 thanks to considerable progress by all economic sectors with all 13 socio-economic development norms set by the National Assembly for 2017 fulfilled, including achievements in GDP growth and records made in export-import turnover and FDI attraction. 

VGP – Viet Nam gained US$7.2 billion from exporting wood and wooden products from January 1 to December 15, according to the statistics from Viet Nam Customs.

VGP – A ceremony was organized on December 26 in the southern province of Tien Giang to announce the country's first shipment of star apple fruits to the U.S.