ABO/NDO – Total export revenue related to wood and forestry products reached US$3.944 billion in the first quarter of 2021, a sharp increase of 41.5% over the same period in 2020.

ABO/NDO – The Vietnam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) launched Vietnam's top 10 ICT businesses 2021 programme on April 7.

ABO/NDO - The US magazine Forbes has announced its 2021 list of richest people in the world, in which Vietnam has six representatives.

ABO/NDO – Ho Chi Minh City reported strong growth in state budget revenue from real estate in Q1 2021, collecting an estimated VND3.351 trillion (US$145.65 million), up 66.5% over the same period last year.

ABO/NDO - The index of industrial production (IIP) in the first quarter of this year was estimated to have risen 5.7% over the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

ABO/NDO – Exports of aquatic products in March 2021 wereestimated at US$640 million, bringing the total in the first three months of this year to US$1.64 billion, an increase of 3% over the same period in 2020.

NDO/VNA – Vietnam had 29,300 newly-established enterprises with total registered capital of VND447.8 trillion (US$19.37 billion) in the first quarter of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

ABO/NDO – Vietnam's gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 is estimated to rise 4.48%, higher than 3.68% recorded in the same period last year.

ABO/NDO – The World Bank (WB)'s latest update on East Asia and Pacific economies has highlighted the uneven recovery in the regional economies' growth, as countries are recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.