Việt Nam News

For An Giang Province, Phú Quốc’s evolving port system is more than just an infrastructure project—it is the engine driving a new era of regional connectivity and national integration.

At the congress, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính praised Petrovietnam’s achievements, saying the group had become a model for transformation, resilience and innovation across the State-owned enterprise sector.

The Agency of Foreign Trade under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) on August 1 launched a series of events to honour enterprises that have made significant contributions to Việt Nam’s export growth, and to promote and enhance the visibility of Vietnamese exporters.

Việt Nam’s handicraft has emerged as one of the country’s top ten high-value export products with presence in 163 countries and territories, heard a trade forum in Hà Nội on Friday.

The 2025 Vietnam One Commune, One Product (OCOP) Export Fair (VIETNAM OCOPEX) opened in Hà Nội on Friday, drawing over 200 exhibitors from 34 cities and provinces as well as international participants from Peru, Laos, and Cambodia.

More than 300 international sourcing delegations from 60 countries and territories are expected to arrive in Việt Nam this September to explore sourcing opportunities, as the country steps up efforts to diversify export markets and strengthen global trade links.

The launch was held as part of the Vietnam–Singapore Sustainable Trade and Innovation Forum (STIF 2025), co-organised by the Vietnamese Embassy in Singapore, the HCM City Union of Business Associations (HUBA), the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), Arobid Technology JSC, and Ecohub.

Tourism Malaysia and Vietnam Airlines on August 2 signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to strengthen tourism ties and promote two-way travel between Malaysia and Việt Nam.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a conference this morning (August 2) in HCM City on the implementation of the National Assembly’s Resolution No. 222/2025/QH15 on Việt Nam’s International Financial Centre (IFC).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính who also heads the Steering Committee for Việt Nam’s International Financial Centre (IFC), signed a decision on Friday approving an action plan to establish IFC in HCM City and Đà Nẵng by the end of 2025.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyễn Chí Dũng has called for a robust push to foster entrepreneurship fueled by innovation, technology, and digital platforms, highlighting a comprehensive approach that nurtures ideas from their inception through pilot production, investment trials, and eventual commercialisation.

When measured by value, the total of gold investment in Việt Nam still rose by 12 per cent to US$997 million, indicating that long-term demand will remain strong.

Stipulated in a draft amendment to the Law on Personal Income Tax, the proposal seeks to replace the current flat 2 per cent tax on property sale prices with a 20 per cent tax on actual profits.

The former province of Long An (now part of Tây Ninh Province) aims to become an industrial and economic hub of the Mekong Delta by leveraging its strengths in green industry, automation, technology, and innovation. 

The index pointed to a strengthening in the overall health of the manufacturing sector, with the solid improvement in business conditions was the most marked for almost a year.

The decree also states specific regulations to standardise the organisational and operational model of innovative start-up investment funds.

Experts said that the market is showing signs of corrections following a strong rally, with widespread profit-taking across various sectors.

HDBank has signed a landmark US$215 million syndicated loan agreement with three leading international financial institutions, JICA, FinDev Canada and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), to bolster its sustainable finance agenda.