Việt Nam News

With a week to go for Tết (the Lunar New Year) sales of goods bought to celebrate the Lunar New Year have increased by 30-40 per from normal times, according to market observers.

Việt Nam has imported Chilean cherries for the first time.

Many products made under a programme called ‘One Commune One Product’ have become a big hit with consumers seeking to buy gift hampers for Tết (Lunar New Year).

The Minh Phú Hậu Giang Seafood JSC (in Hậu River Industrial Park in Hậu Giang Province’s Châu Thành District) in early January exported its first batch of shrimp in eight containers to the EU, the US, and Japan at prices 4-5 per cent higher than in the Asian market. 

A resurgence of Covid-19 just before theTết (Lunar New Year) holiday has hugely impacted travelling, again demonstrating its impact on the tourism industry.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Việt Nam has adopted a socio-economic development strategy for the next decade, in which Việt Nam sets its sights on becoming a developed and upper-middle income country with modern industry by 2030.

The local retail market is forecast to grow at a double-digit rate in 2021, so domestic retailers have rushed to open new stores across the country to expand their market share since the beginning of the year.

HCM City's Index of Industrial Production rose by 34.5 per cent in January despite the continuing problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The value-added tax was VNĐ519 billion and corporate income tax VNĐ624 billion.

Vietnamese agribusiness companies recorded high profit in 2020 as the country’s rice export got good result.

The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment plans to review the progress of high-end property projects and fine or even withdraw the licences of those found violating regulations.

Flower farm owners and merchants are selling their products online ahead of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday as flower demand has fallen because of the recent COVID-19 outbreak.

As the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday approaches people in Hà Nội flock to Quảng An market in Tây Hồ District to buy peach blossom trees. The holiday trees' prices have dropped drastically since the latest COVID-19 outbreak took place at the end of January.

Taking advantage of the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, when demand for online transactions, payments, gifts and to send lucky money increases, many hacker groups are stepping up their fraudulent activities aimed at users of banking services and e-wallets.

FUNiX Online Learning was officially launched in Japan this week, bringing the FUNiX Way of online learning to Japanese who seek to pursue the field of Information Technology.

The Authority of Information Security (Ministry of Information and Communications) has just updated the blacklist of IP addresses that distribute spam emails.

Shares ended this week on a positive note thanks to the prosperity of financial-banking stocks.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and the Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation (SSFC) – an affiliate of Taiwan (China)’s Shin Kong Group signed a cooperation agreement via video conference on Thursday.