Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Finance has requested insurance companies to urgently review their overall sales and appraisal processes, and customer service procedures to ensure compliance with legal regulations.

Stocks managed to end on a positive note on Tuesday, bolstered by the growth of the securities stocks group.

Việt Nam continues to be a hub for strong tech talent, said the Southeast Asia Startup Talent Report 2023.

The rankings, which measure the attractiveness of doing business in 82 countries and economies globally, showed Việt Nam witnessed the largest improvement in the business environment in the past year, followed by Thailand (10 places) and Belgium (seven places).

The seventh International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2023) will return to HCM City on April 19 after a four-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VINASA together with the Vietnamese Trade Office in Germany held a networking event themed ‘Industrial digital transformation’ at the world leading industrial and IT fair Hannover Messe in Germany, taking place from April 17-21.

Vietnamese Government has agreed in principle with the Ministry of Finance’s proposal of reducing value added tax (VAT) from 10 per cent to 8 per cent.

Every year, many kinds of products of Việt Nam in general and Hà Nội in particular are put up for sale at Aeon supermarkets and retail stores across Japan through the “Vietnamese Goods Week” programme.

The south-eastern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu plans to have by 2025 at least 150 products rated no less than three stars under the country’s “One Commune-One Product” programme.

In the long term, according to VSA, Việt Nam's steel demand will continue to grow from 240kg per capita to 290kg per capita in 2030. Steel demand will be concentrated on alloys or high-quality steel.

Haraco Chairman Đỗ Văn Hoan said the company made a revenue of VNĐ300 billion (US$12.8 million) from passenger transport in Q1/2023, up 200 per cent year-by-year.

Vietnamese ministries and agencies will be assigned to actively exchange and concretise cooperation contents with the Global Infrastructure Partners on the principle of efficiency and practicality, and in line with the needs and capabilities of the two parties, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said.

The food industry of Việt Nam has significant potential for promoting international cooperation.

Although scores of foreign investors are eager to come on board, some obstacles still need to be overcome to ensure their easy ride.

Up to now, a total of 150 companies, including Korean medical equipment and foreign companies, have registered for the event.

Việt Nam and Australia aim to double the scale of two-way investment and become each other’s top 10 trading partners in the future.

Shares faced difficulty in closing with gains in HCM City’s exchange while they failed to do so in Hà Nội’s bourse due to growing cautious sentiment and significant divergence among sectors.

Addressing the 12th Việt Nam-France decentralised cooperation conference, which took place in Hà Nội from April 13-16, Ngọc noted that Việt Nam has launched the national strategy on green growth and stepped up economic restructuring in tandem with growth model reform, environmental sustainability and social equality.