Việt Nam News

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng said on Wednesday that the Government within the first quarter or early in the second quarter of this year would approve a strategy to develop e-government as part of efforts to form a digital Government by 2025.

The VN30 tracking the top 30 shares by market value and liquidity on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange rose by 1.4 per cent.

It also aims to raise the rate of total factor productivity to 45-50 per cent of its gross regional domestic product (GRDP).

It recorded a slight increase in the sale of construction steel during the month, topping 189,000 tonnes. The supply of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and steel billets to the market were down 30 per cent and 47 per cent, respectively, to 175,000 tonnes and 75,000 tonnes.

Bình Dương is committed to creating the best conditions possible for investors, particularly those from Japan, said Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyễn Hoàng Thao at an online conference held on Monday to promote Japanese investment in the southern province.

The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) witnessed a dynamic month in February as foreign investors net bought a value of VNĐ40 billion and the small/mid-cap stocks gained over 100 points.

Hoa Sen Group (HSG)'s galvanized steel export set new record on February despite Tết holiday. 

More than six tonnes of fresh vegetable from Hải Dương Province were sold after one day they went online from March, 9

Vietnamese rice prices are on the rise and can compete with other rivals in terms of quality, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

Việt Nam’s Transport and Logistics Statistical Yearbook 2019 showed the total length of the country's road system is 630,564km but the total length of the highways is less than 2,000km. The lack of infrastructure connecting road to seaports such as domestic container ports or modern logistics centres has made logistic costs in Việt Nam uncompetitive. Trần Thanh Hải, deputy director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Import and Export Department, shares his views on the development of the logistics sector in Vnews’s Economic Focus programme

Vietnamese stock markets ended Wednesday on a positive note, largely led by gains in financial shares and heavy-weight stocks.

Total investment for planned airports in 2020-2030 is estimated at about VNĐ365.1 trillion (US$15.87 billion), with an additional VNĐ866.36 trillion needed for 2030-2050.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the pilot application of 'mobile money', which allows the use of mobile phone credit to pay for small-value goods and services.

E-commerce websites will be given ratings to increase customers’ trust in purchasing and payment activities in the online environment.

According to the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) 16 finance companies are licensed to provide consumer lending with their total charter capital worth more than VNĐ22 trillion (US$948 million) as of the end of 2020.

Technology plays an increasingly important role in property companies’ efforts to overcome the challenges caused by the pandemic.

Việt Nam is improving its legal framework to promote the development of e-commerce with a focus on preventing trade fraud.

Việt Nam remains France’s largest goods supplier in ASEAN and Vietnamese exports still have the opportunity to penetrate further into the European market.