Việt Nam News

FDI is expected to remain a pivotal catalyst for economic advancement throughout ASEAN countries, with Việt positioning itself as a leading contender in the pursuit of top-tier FDI from Japan.

Securities companies have optimistic forecasts about the Vietnamese stock market in 2024 and believe that the VN-Index will return close to its historical peak.

Long An Province is seeking at least VND11.1 trillion (US$457 million) of private funding for a large urban area project through a public-private partnership (PPP).

The trade deal significantly boosted exports of Việt Nam to this market with shrimp exports up by 37 per cent, squid and octopus by 51 per cent and other fishery products by 4 per cent.

The Centre for Information and Digital technology has been connecting local departments, agencies and branches with e-commerce platforms and e-commerce service providers to deploy the Flagship Store model of local stalls on e-commerce platforms.

Statistics from the General Department of Customs showed that Việt Nam last year exported US$82 million worth of tuna to the bloc.

The General Statistics Office (GSO) reported that the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in January fell 4.4% month on month but still went up 18.3% year on year. In particular, the processing - manufacturing sector expanded 19.3% from a year earlier, contributing 15.1 percentage points to the overall growth.

The border gate of Bac Luan 2 Bridge in Móng Cái city, the northeastern province of Quảng Ninh, resumed customs clearance after the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday on February 12, five days early.

PM Chính praised the Saigon New Port Corporation’s contributions to the achievements of the Việt Nam People's Army and the whole country in 2023.

The overall export value of Vietnamese selling partners on Amazon witnessed an impressive year-on-year growth of over 50 per cent, with the number of partners surpassing US$100,000 in sales increasing by 70 per cent.

Digital economy is playing an increasingly important role in driving economic growth, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng said, adding that the key for digital transformation in 2024 is “change of approach.”

In the wake of an impressive recovery in 2023, the tourism sector in the northern border province of Lào Cai is on a transformative journey, unveiling novel experiences and products as it sets its sights on the ambitious goal of hosting 8.5 million visitors this year.

Currently, Việt Nam is Canada's largest trading partner in ASEAN and this country's seventh largest import partner after the US, mainland China, South Korea, Japan, the Netherlands and Hong Kong.

Improving the resilience and self-reliance of the national economy, laying a groundwork to build an independent and self-reliant economy integrated extensively and effectively into the world, holds particular significance for Việt Nam in the new context, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng has said.

A surge in domestic coffee prices was attributed to the fact that traders actively purchased coffee before the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday while exporters were afraid of supply shortages like last year so they tended to buy more.

Vietjet operates seven return flights per week between HCM City and Chengdu, with a flight time of over four hours per leg.

Although the unpredictable global market will affect the Vietnamese economy, there are still several channels that are likely to generate returns.

With the current export prices standing at $2,955 per tonne, reflecting a 35.2 per cent uptick from the previous year, Vietnamese coffee export companies were said to have secured substantial orders in the first quarter of 2024.