Việt Nam’s livestock industry hopes to increase its average production growth rate in 2021 by 5-6 per cent, according to the Department of Livestock Production under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
The forestry sector targets the export value of timber and forest products to reach US$14 billion in 2021, according to the Việt Nam Administration of Forestry.
Việt Nam exported US$281.5 billion in goods and services in 2020, a 6.5 per cent year-on-year increase while maintaining of a positive trade balance of over $19 billion, the Ministry of Trade and Industry said in a year-end conference held yesterday in HN.
Japfa Comfeed Vietnam, a leading feed and poultry producer in Việt Nam, recently put its 6th high-tech feed mill into operation in South Central Bình Định Province. Arif Widjaja, General Director of Japfa Comfeed Vietnam speaks with Viet Nam News about the potential of the feed and poultry market as well as the company’s development strategy in Việt Nam.
A Viet Nam-Thailand Online Business Matching event was held in Hà Nội on Thursday to connect Vietnamese and Thai companies in light of COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese shares rose for fifth sessions in a row on Thursday as as investors piled into financial and energy stocks.
The Phù Mỹ solar power plant in Bình Định Province began operation and was connected to the national grid on December 31 just seven months after construction began.
The southern province of Bạc Liêu should focus on super intensive, high-tech shrimp farming to become the nation’s shrimp hub, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến has said.
Real estate prices in 2021 are expected to increase by 10 per cent over the previous year, said Nguyễn Văn Đính, deputy general secretary of the Việt Nam Real Estate Association (VNREA).
2020 was a difficult year for the global economy including Việt Nam, but some Vietnamese billionaires still saw their net asset value increase.
VPBank was named among the top 20 listed companies with the highest Việt Nam Sustainability Index (VNSI) in the market in the evaluation period in July 2020.
Vietnamese shares nudged higher on Wednesday as investors poured cash flow into blue-chip stocks.
Hanwha Life Vietnam, a life insurance company from South Korea, has achieved impressive growth since it entered the Vietnamese market in 2009. Last year was filled with challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but business remained steady for Hanwha Life Vietnam, which managed to sustain growth. Its CEO, Im Dong Jun, speaks about his plans to accomplish the targets set for 2021.
Other carriers on the list are Ryanair, EasyJet, Frontier, Wizz and Westjet.
Việt Nam's gross domestic product (GDP) was estimated to increase 2.91 per cent in 2020 due to the Government's economic management experience over the past years, a safe and healthy macroeconomic environment and stable politics.
In 2021, the economic growth is expected to reach the target of 6 per cent set by the National Assembly, although the world economy is forecasted to continue the slowing trend due to challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The General Director of General Statistics Office Nguyễn Thị Hương spoke to the Vietnam News Agency reporter about this issue.
The disbursement of public investment was estimated at VNĐ398 trillion as of the end of December, meeting 82.8 per cent of the Government’s plan – the highest rate in 2016-20 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.
HDBank, the first Vietnamese bank to enter the global financial and commercial network, has pioneered the issuance, document presentation and successful payment of letters of credit on the blockchain platform.
2020 marked an unexpectedly successful year for big investment funds in Việt Nam, with Pyn Elite Fund having the best performance.