Việt Nam News

Amid a boom in durian exports, businesses are calling for strict management mechanisms in the industry to help growers develop sustainably.

A range of seafoods are on display and available for sale at discounts of 10-20 per cent at the Korean Seafood Festival that opened at MM Mega Market An Phú in HCM City on Wednesday.

The acquisition of 100 per cent of KVF's capital by Petrovietnam Cà Mau Fertiliser JSC was approved in 2023, with an estimated cost of $25 million.

Revenues from games and applications in Việt Nam are expected to reach US$2.7 billion by 2026.

Việt Nam aims to rank among the top 40 in the world by the logistics performance index (LPI). It wants to have around 80 per cent of domestic logistics companies using digital transformation solutions and half of vehicles used in the logistics sphere should be using green energy.

The main reason was that the listed companies were failing to submit audited financial statements for 2023 ahead of the deadline.

The Hải Phòng Economic Zone Authority (HEZA) on May 23 organised an investment promotion conference with the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA).

The Mekong Delta province of Đồng Tháp has achieved a significant milestone with its first-ever export of 15 tonnes of lotus root to Japan.

The MoF said that continuing to support domestic automobile manufacturing and assembling enterprises is necessary.

In 2023, 77 per cent of local small businesses grew, well above the survey average of 60 per cent, and outperforming all but two of the 11 markets included in the Asia-Pacific Small Business Survey.

Investing in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) requires effort, but the rewards for businesses who embrace it make the investment worthwhile, attendees were told at a conference on motivations and breakthroughs in ESG, held in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Cooperation between Đà Nẵng and Germany has reaped encouraging results in recent years.

With an area of nearly 200 hectares, the industrial park has currently attracted 12 investment projects, including 10 Taiwanese enterprises with registered capital of about $150 million.

TH Group began constructing a dairy farming and milk processing project in Nikolo-Mikhailovka village in Russia's far eastern Primorsky territory on May 21.

Oil and gas stocks led the VN-Index on Thursday.

The retail prices of E5RON92 bio-petrol and all oil products increased from 3pm on May 23 following the latest adjustment of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

Electricity demand is forecast to increase by 9 per cent for the full year, but in recent months, demand rose 13-17 per cent in the northern region.

During a conference, hosted by the Insurance Association of Vietnam, experts and business representatives discussed  issues around the current state of the life insurance industry in Việt Nam and how to rebuild trust in the sector.