Việt Nam News

Việt Nam saw a slight drop in overall consumer demand, down 6 per cent year-on-year, from 59.1 tonnes in 2022 to 55.5 tonnes in 2023.

China was the largest consumer of Việt Nam's ago-forestry-fishery products, accounting for 23 per cent of the total or marking a yearly rise of 106 per cent.

As interest rates are expected to continue declining, businesses and individuals will have the chance to access capital at affordable costs, supporting the recovery of production, business activities and consumption.

The suggested price adjustment aims to provide EVN with a sustainable revenue stream for its power plants' operation and more accurately reflect the group's input costs.

The issuance of gold certificates is common in some countries. Instead of holding gold, people can keep gold certificates issued by the central bank that can trade on the exchanges.

Leaders from foreign-invested companies spoke with Việt Nam News reporters Vũ Hoa and Thu Ngân to evaluate the picture of Việt Nam's economic growth and their key focuses for the year ahead.

Trade activities between Việt Nam and China have been busy since the beginning of 2024, with a series of border gates reopened and upgraded

The “Tết Xanh – Quà Việt 2024” fair opened in HCM City on February 3 for consumers shopping for the Lunar New Year (Tết).

Totally in 2023, the company posted a revenue of over VNĐ4.35 trillion ($178 million) and a pre-tax profit of over VNĐ999 billion ($41 million).

Financial leasing has high potential in Việt Nam’s dynamic economy with more than 800,000 enterprises and more than 5 million business households.

Companies in sectors less affected by the economic crises and those with deep pockets are driving transactions in the HCM City office market, analysts have said.

The IIP, however, decreased by 4.4 per cent compared to the previous month. The GSO said this development was quite similar to 2023 with a continuous decline at the beginning of the year and a return to growth in the last months of the year. This result could also be considered a basis for IIP to leap forward in the upcoming period.

To achieve the goal of upgrading the stock market as early as 2025, the Ministry of Finance in 2024 must undertake various tasks in coordination with other ministries and sectors for implementation.

Two thousand real estate businesses temporarily ceased operations at the beginning of the year, equal to 138 per cent over the same period.

Projects with small apartments of around 45sq.m and prices of less than VNĐ2 billion in the outskirts often have higher liquidity.

The breadth of the market was negative as the number of decliners surpassed that of gainers by 173 to 143.

The Consulate General of Malaysia to HCM City and Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board (Tourism Malaysia) in Việt Nam will participate in HCM City’s Nguyễn Huệ Flower Street festival 2024 from February 7 to 14.

This move is due to booming import-export activities via these border gates as domestic consumer demand for Tết holiday tends to increase. That leads to complicated developments in cross-border smuggling and trade frauds.