Việt Nam News

Despite cheap labour costs, and abundant personnel resources, Việt Nam should rely on new factors including an attractive and transparent investment environment, simplified and digitalised administrative procedures, and infrastructure development.

Việt Nam News reporters talk to International Finance Corporation's Regional Vice President for Asia and the Pacific, Riccardo Puliti about the corporation's latest project in Việt Nam's rice sector and its strategy for the Southeast Asian country in the years to come. 

A project to promote energy efficiency among large business enterprises was kick-started by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), in collaboration with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

Vietnam Expo 2023 will have 1,600 pavilions run by 1,200 exhibitors. It will also feature national pavilions of China, India, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Belarus and a project of US Agency for International Development (USAID) in Việt Nam.

Total corporate bonds set to mature in 2024 will reach VNĐ329.5 trillion (US$13.5 billion), the highest in three years, according to a report by the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA).

The HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) has proposed the central bank amend a regulation that currently prohibits credit institutions from buying corporate bonds issued for debt restructuring.

E-commerce and online goods trading has been more and more dominating in daily life, requiring the authorities to promptly grasp and have control methods appropriating to reality.

Vietnamese stock market sustained positive momentum for second consecutive session, bolstered by strong performance of banking sector.

They also proposed a tech-fest or IT day for Việt Nam to be held in Germany in 2024 to connect the start-up and innovation ecosystems of the countries.

Accordingly, motor vehicle owners from ASEAN member states transiting or traveling to Việt Nam must register for compulsory civil liability insurance of motor vehicle owners.

Many Kiên Giang Province's enterprises and provincial authorities are seeking ways on supportive policies in agriculture, access to loans, site clearance, resettlement, protection of natural resources and the environment, stimulation of tourism and tourism infrastructure.

HCM City is one of five cities that have been effectively exploring the UKVFTA beside Hà Nội, Hải Phòng, Đà Nẵng and Cần Thơ. 

With many positive contributions to local socio-economic development, 42 young farmers and 9 excellent startup projects of rural youth were honoured at the National Youth Festival 2023 on Monday in the southern province of Sóc Trăng.

An exhibition on Việt Nam's green economy and sustainable development opened in HCM City as part of the 2023 Mekong Connect Forum.

Vietjet’s Shanghai-HCM City route will commence from December 1, 2023, with seven round-trips per week. With a flight time of just over four hours per leg, these flights will offer residents, tourists and business people a convenient travel option between the two cities, with affordable fares.

Vietnamese coffee exporters need to build appropriate marketing and branding strategies and develop products that are suitable to consumers’ taste to further capitalise on advantages from the UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement to increase coffee exports to the UK market, experts said.

Việt Nam's coffee export turnover reached US$4.08 billion in the 2022-23 crop year, a year-on-year increase of 3.4 per cent, driven by the highest coffee export prices in the last 30 years.