Việt Nam News

The market segment, consisting of big spenders who often prefer longer stays, has been considered lucrative. Retirees from the Americas, Europe, and Asia have been looking for residences abroad with favourable weather, access to healthcare services, visas and affordable living costs.

It has experienced robust development, with thousands of companies now listed and their shares actively traded, while the market's capitalisation has grown tremendously.

The consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.48 per cent in July on rising domestic petrol prices, higher demand for electricity and higher health insurance premiums following a 30 per cent increase in base salary from the beginning of this month, data of the General Statistics Office (GSO) showed.

Instead of having to transfer all of a real estate project as collateral to recover bad debts, banks will have the right to transfer part of the project.

According to Việt Nam's General Department of Customs, in 2023, Việt Nam imported about 2.2 million tonnes of coal from Laos with a value of about US$159 million.

On the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the benchmark VN-Index increased by 4.49 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 1,246.6 points, marking a second consecutive trading day of gains.

The annual Asia-Pacific Women CEOs in Cooperatives Summit, held as part of the International Cooperative Alliance Asia-Pacific (ICA-AP) Regional Board Meeting, carries the theme "Empowering Leadership: Navigating the Future of Cooperatives with Women at the Helm".

The industry contributed VNĐ59.8 trillion to the State budget, up 25.8 per cent.

Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity and digital privacy company, and the Vietnam Government Information Security Commission (VGISC) have renewed an agreement signed in 2018 to broaden their existing collaborations to further strengthen the country's cybersecurity capabilities.

Semiconductor industry leaders, investors and technology providers gathered in the capital city of Hà Nội for a seminar focused on boosting investment and development in the industry.

In Việt Nam, Sailun Group has invested in building a factory to produce all tire lines of the group in the southern province of Tây Ninh, established a research and development (R&D) centre in HCM City, as well as a joint venture with Cooper Tires in 2019 with a total investment of about $1.5 billion.

About 25 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from South Korean will come to Hà Nội next month.

For the seven-month period, exports totalled $226.98 billion, up by 15.7 per cent, in which the domestic sector accounted for 27.8 per cent and the foreign-invested sector (including crude oil) accounted for 27.2 per cent.

The city provides the market with 2,600-3,000 tonnes of lobster every year.

Statistics from the Việt Nam Trade Office in Singapore showed that export turnover of glutinous rice to the city-state rose more than five fold to 8.9 million SGD, broken rice shot up 187.3 per cent to 1.5 million SGD, and milled or husked fragrant rice soared 161.35 per cent to 27.27 million SGD.

The proposal is under a MoF’s draft decree amending and supplementing Decree No. 132/2020/NĐ-CP regulating tax management for enterprises with related transactions.

Spot freight rates, time charter rates and secondhand vessel prices are all forecast to increase throughout 2024.

Following a dynamic trading week in early July, the Vietnamese market experienced three consecutive weeks of declines, hitting its lowest point at 1,218 points last week. Although the index saw a recovery afterwards, liquidity dropped significantly and the Vietnamese stock market has been described as "bleak" despite very positive macroeconomic data.