The business start-up of women has been challenging. In the past years, implementing the Program "Supporting women business start-up in 2017-2025 period”, the Women's Union at all levels have supported constantly women overcoming barriers to do their business successfully.

Recently the Vietnam Women's Union (VWU) launched the 2020 Contest "Creative Women Entrepreneurs - Successful Connection" to support and help realize startup ideas and projects with priority given to poor women, women with disabilities, women from ethnic minority and disadvantaged areas.

On June 2007, TYM Fund extended relations with a new organization – KIVA (USA). This organization will support TYM Fund ‘s members to borrow capital with preferential interest of 0 percent.

Viet Nam's special ornamental plants, flowers and pottery objects have won high praise by visitors at the 9th International Flower and Bonsai Fair, which opened in Genoa, Italy, on April 21.

The British Sunday Times in its recent issue criticized the EU’s decision to impose anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shoes, considering it as an act to cause great losses to the Vietnamese economy and European footwear producers.

Labour export in recent years has been one effective method of generating employment, helping to increase workers' income and earning foreign currency for the country.

Furuya Wakana, a Japanese tourist, enjoyed a nice surprise upon arriving at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat airport on November 11 where she was given a special welcome