Việt Nam News

While the reduced environmental protection tax lowered petrol prices from April,1, most transport enterprises are still struggling.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has proposed to the Government and relevant ministries and sectors a number of measures to ensure power supply, especially in the northern region, including the issuance of mechanisms to develop renewable energy in the region.

5G is changing business worldwide, and Việt Nam is catching up very quickly, among the first countries to deploy 5G trials.

Shares reversed to fall on Tuesday as rising selling force triggered losses in many large-cap stocks, especially in banking, securities and real estate sectors.

Vietjet is offering 8,888 discounted tickets priced from only zero đồng (excluding tax and fees) on several routes.

The State Securities Commission of Việt Nam (SSC) has decided to cancel nine bond issuances from July 2021 to March 2022 by companies under Tân Hoàng Minh Group.

Hòa Phát Group supplied the market with 296,000 tonnes of hot rolled coil (HRC) steel. This is the highest sale level since it started supplying HRC to the market from November 2020.

Intracom Group and French Euro Blue Power Group worked with leaders of Điện Biên Province on field surveys and investment research for hydropower storage projects.

The southern most province of Cà Mau has granted the right to use the Cà Mau geographical indication for black tiger shrimp to three local exporters.

Việt Nam's economic growth forecast this year has been readjusted from 6.5 per cent to 5.3 per cent by the World Bank (WB), according to its latest economic growth update.

Real estate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are expected to be a good source of FDI in Việt Nam this year, said Savills, and forecasting M&A activity is likely to increase in terms of frequency and value.

Việt Nam values and wants to deepen relations with the UK in climate change, energy transition, digital transformation, sustainable growth, technology, finance and human resources training, said Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Trần Tuấn Anh on Monday.

The second Việt Nam International Aviation Expo will be finally held from September 15 to 17 at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội after being delayed by more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The HCM City Market Management Department said it has been working closely with other agencies to strengthen oversight of traditional markets to ensure traders there sell essential goods at fair prices.

The HCM City People’s Committee wants changes made to a proposal to convert industrial parks and export processing zones into  eco-industrial and high-tech zones by 2025.

Việt Nam’s economy has shown its strong resilience with an expansion of 5.03 per cent in the first three months of this year as risks from the COVID-19 pandemic recede. Yet, complex international environment is expected to weigh on the Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy in the next quarters.

Việt Nam aims to be one of the world's leading countries in producing and exporting macadamia products by 2030.

The positive rise, which was much higher than 6.44 per cent seen in Q1/2021, contributed 2.42 percentage points to the whole economy's growth in Q1/2022.