Việt Nam News

Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên and Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Anatoly Sivak on Tuesday co-chaired the 15th meeting of the Vietnam – Belarus Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic, Trade and Scientific-Technological Cooperation in the form of teleconference.

The Việt Nam Cassava Association has proposed the Government does not implement a recent decision on value-added tax (VAT) refunds for cassava starch products as it will create difficulties for the cassava industry.

Dragon fruit farmers in Bình Thuận Province have cut down thousands of trees and switched to other crops after suffering heavy losses due to low prices.

Việt Nam has set a target of becoming an industrialised country with highly competitive industries, and among the world's top 15 largest exporters by the end of 2030.

Resolution 42 will expire soon. Meanwhile, bad debts in the banking system are expected to continue to rise steadily due to the pandemic, putting banks at risk and triggering the need for a new law on bad debt settlement. Economic expert Nguyễn Chí Hiếu talks to Vietnam News Agency about the situation.  

State Securities Commission (SSC) is warning securities firms that criminals have been exploiting security holes to hack into their IT systems.

The market witnessed a downhill slide of blue chips in the last trading minutes on Wednesday, pulling down the VN-Index and putting the brakes on its six-session rallying streak.

Eight among the 100 cashew nut containers related to the latest alleged scam attempt against Vietnamese exporters have found buyers in the Netherlands, according to Việt Nam's trade representative office in Italy. 

The southern metropolis HCM City needs to develop policy mechanisms and legal frameworks and improve its business climate, infrastructure and human resources to recover the economy, experts say.

The National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day (Techfest Vietnam 2022) was launched on Tuesday, aiming to promote innovative solutions from start-ups amid the strong technology development, attracting resources from domestic experts, intellectuals, entrepreneurs and overseas Vietnamese.

Việt Nam has made significant progress in socio-economic development over the past decades, WB Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Manuela V. Ferro said at a meeting with National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

The forum is among a series of events held in the framework of a visit by the Economic and Commercial Mission of La Francophonie (MECA) from March 21-30.

Việt Nam's strategic financial objectives in the 2021-30 periods aim to reach a balance between achieving sustainable finance and major socio-economic developmental goals.

Domestic enterprises need to increase their initiative in seizing incentives in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to optimise the deal, experts said.

The southern province of Bình Dương attracted about US$1.6 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first quarter of 2022, 3.6 times higher than that in the same period last year.

Prices of construction materials like iron and steel, cement, stone, and sand have increased relentlessly since the beginning of this year due to a surge in demand caused by the peak construction period being delayed by COVID-19 from February-April last year.

Việt Nam is targeting US$20 billion in total timber exports by 2025, an increase of more than $9 billion compared to now.

Named FUNDGO, the fund is the first of it kind in the city to support and invest in start-ups. It is established by the city-based TRUSTpay Joint Stock Co.