Việt Nam News

Standard Chartered on Thursday sustainable trade finance solutions across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. The bank’s new Sustainable Trade Finance Proposition is designed to help companies implement more sustainable practices across their ecosystems and build more resilient supply chains.

The US Treasury has removed Việt Nam and Switzerland from the list of countries labeled as currency manipulators, reversing a decision of the administration under President Trump last December.  

The skewed concentration of property projects in some areas of HCM City has resulted in an imbalance in the development of satellite cities and causes a strain on the transport system, a workshop heard in the city yesterday (April 16).

Dat Bike, a Vietnamese technology start-up that plans to make electric motorbikes, has raised US$2.6 million in a pre-series A funding from Singapore’s Jungle Ventures, Wavemaker Partners, Hustle Fund, and iSeed Ventures. 

Vietinbank (CTG) targeted a pre-tax profit of VNĐ16.8 trillion (US$728.1 million) in 2021, increasing 2.14 per cent from last year.

The Hà Nội property market is expected to recover strongly this year thanks to positive performance in the housing segment in the first quarter, according to experts.

A forum to promote industrial investment in Việt Nam was held online on Thursday as part of the Việt Nam International Trade Fair (Vietnam Expo 2021) in Singapore.

Besides churning out high-quality products, Vietnamese producers must meet other strict requirements of importers, including a good governance system, to enable to participate in the global supply chain, experts said.

The northern port city of Hải Phòng is targeting US$1.5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the second quarter of 2021, according to head of the Management Board of Hải Phòng Economic Zones Lê Trung Kiên.

Trung Nam Group inaugurated the last phase of its wind farm yesterday in the central province of Ninh Thuận’s Thuận Bắc district, making the 152 MW farm the largest in Việt Nam.

Việt Nam needs to focus more on developing feedstocks and production of intermediate goods, especially in terms of human resources, to enable its industrialisation, experts have said.

Many businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) are looking to connect and get more information about the Vietnamese market as well as investment policies of the country, especially in auto parts, mechanics, and electronics, said Vũ Bá Phú, Director of the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Shares edged lower on Friday as selling pressure persisted but falls were capped by strong performance of real estate stocks.

The amount of resources currently exploited is four times more than it was half a century ago, according to the 2019 report of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

According to a new study, large Vietnamese enterprises are likely to have strategic priorities focusing on growth (42 per cent) as companies respond to market volatility and widespread operational disruptions.

Việt Nam’s wood exports have increased over the last few years and are expected to reach a new record in 2021.

The Vietnam USA Society English Centers is sponsoring the Super 10- Kid Talent TV Show to be broadcast on HTV7 from April 15.

It has earmarked close to VNĐ2.2 billion (US$95,500) to implement activities to attract investment to local projects in supporting industries, petrochemicals, high-technology, seaports, logistics, clean technology, hi-tech agriculture, urban infrastructure, and tourism and services.