Việt Nam News

Increasing container handling fees, a major part of terminal handling charges (THCs), is reasonable to help ports secure resources for reinvestment, expansion, and enhancing service quality.

As 2021-23 was a difficult period for Vietnamese economy, 2024 was expected to be a breakthrough year for Vietnamese economy to reach the goals of the five-year socio-economic development plan.

In the early days of this month, each day there have been nearly 220 vehicles of import and export goods on average passing through Bắc Luân II border gate and the Km3+4 Hải Yên opening, Móng Cái City, Quảng Ninh Province.

The development of a law on IPs and EZs became pressing to improve the legal framework and ensure consistency in policies to create a favourable investment climate and promote production and business.

According to a report by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), people's demand for home loans and home repairs decreased by 1.12 per cent in the first half of this year, while the loans increased by up to 31 per cent last year.

Alarmingly, sugarcane farms across the country dwindled to 165,900ha, and sugarcane farmers halved in number in 2022.

FPT Corporation, the country's largest ICT company, reported 8-month revenue and pre-tax profit of VNĐ32.8 trillion and VNĐ5.9 trillion, respectively, up 21 per cent and 19 per cent over the same period last year.

Benchmark indices corrected on Monday, weighed on rising selling pressure, while foreign investors also withdrew from the market

The Vietnam Stock Exchange (VNX) is warning that any securities company whose IT system fails connect to the KRX system will not be eligible to become a member of the VNX.

The global sea freight prices have started rebounding from the end of July, showing that the marine shipping industry is gradually escaping the 16-month correction. 

Việt Nam’s two major export commodities – computers, electric devices and component, and phones and components – saw an improvement in August.

Hải Phòng plans to form a 20,000ha coastal economic zone (EZ) in the south of the city.

The market is forecast to witness slower gaining momentum in the near future and explore supply and demand in the area of 1,220 - 1,237 points, before forming a more specific trend.

The agriculture sector and localities need to find prompt solutions for sustainable development in durian cultivation and consumption.

Massive power outages last summer which seriously affected production and daily life underlined a pressing need for saving energy.

With Việt Nam's burgeoning workforce, dynamic manufacturing sector, and robust infrastructure, Airbus sees a ripe opportunity to catalyse regional economic development, Mai said.

The Hồ Chí Minh City Development Bank (HDBank - HDB), a leading commercial bank in Việt Nam, was recently honoured as the “Leading Partner Bank in Vietnam” by the Asian Development Bank at an awards ceremony for the Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, in Singapore earlier this month.

In February 2013, Starbucks marked its footprint in Việt Nam by opening its first store in HCM City.