Việt Nam News

The southern province of Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu is set to achieve positive economic growth in 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic complications, partly thanks to its efforts to improve its business climate.

Shares gained on Tuesday as strong buying forces brought an upswing on blue chips, lifting indices.

Many Asian countries including Việt Nam have benefited from the China+ approach, which has seen companies looking to improve supply chain resilience by diversifying their production bases beyond China, according to the Cushman & Wakefield’s 2022 Manufacturing Risk Index.

Việt Nam and Laos need to further enhance co-operation to capitalise on each other’s strengths and enable their investment and trade ties to be commensurate with their relations, a bilateral trade forum heard in HCM City on December 13.

The Southern province of Cà Mau is a popular tourist attraction, and also well-known for its regional specialties such as fish sauce, prawn crackers and honey. The province is focusing on integrating goods certified with One Commune One Product (a national programme for promoting regional products) into tourism to make the best out of its two strengths.

Diễn pomelo plantations cover about 2,300ha, accounting for 45 per cent of the total area in the province. Yên Thủy District alone is home to more than 800ha.

Running from December 9 to the first day of 2023, it features over 860 outdoor booths showcasing food, beverages, cosmetics, home furniture and toys, among other goods.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended a Việt Nam-Netherlands Business Forum within the framework of his official visit to the European country on December 12 afternoon (local time).

In the draft amendment to Decree No 107 on rice trade which is currently in the consultation process, the MoIT proposed management regulations of rice imports, especially imports of low-quality rice from overseas markets.

With an estimated annual coffee export of over $3.9 billion, Việt Nam plays a vital role in uplifting the whole ASEAN coffee sector

The proposed airports are in Hà Giang Province (Tân Quang), Yên Bái, Tuyên Quang (Na Hang), Hà Tĩnh, Kon Tum (Măn Đen), Quảng Ngãi (Lý Sơn), Khánh Hoà (Vân Phong) Đắk Nông and Tây Ninh.

Domestic investors opened 88,479 new securities accounts in November, a slight decrease compared to the previous month, according to data from the Việt Nam Securities Depository (VSD).

The Vietnamese stock market settled lower on Monday due to the slump of heavy-weight stocks.

This is a positive signal that Vietravel has been able to balance cash flow to pay off debts ahead of time, thanks to the recovery of the Vietnamese tourism industry.

The State Bank of Vietnam has recently decided to raise the credit growth cap by 1.5 to 2 percentage points, which means that VNĐ240 trillion (US$10.1 billion) would be pumped into the economy. This is good news for businesses and the local economy as struggles with decreasing global demand.

Despite authorities cracking down on the sale of counterfeit goods, there are still plenty of places to pick up a fake designer handbag or gold watch. But be warned, if a deal looks too good to be true, then it probably is.

Vietnam Coffee Day was held in Hà Nội last weekend, attracting numerous visitors from local coffee shop owners, and manufacturers to large international coffee import-export corporations and associations. The event was not only a chance for visitors to learn more about the domestic coffee industry, but also a place for entrepreneurs to expand networks, find new partners, and solutions to improve production.

Vietjet is the only airline serving passengers flying directly from Seoul, South Korea to the dreamy Đà Lạt and Cần Thơ City, the Vietnamese metropolis of the West of River.