Việt Nam News

Đà Nẵng is rolling out tax incentives and new digital infrastructure projects to accelerate innovation and implement the Politburo's Resolution 57.

The four-day event The four-day event also features seminars organised by leading industry associations on automation, quality standards, digital supply chains and smart manufacturing, providing opportunities for enterprises and investors to exchange knowledge and explore new cooperation opportunities.

Under Resolution No 34/NQ-CP issued on June 30, the government prolonged the exemption of the environmental protection tax, value-added tax (VAT) and most-favoured-nation (MFN) import tariff on petroleum products, fuel production feedstock and aviation fuel for an additional three months.

The target was set out in Resolution 168/NQ-CP issued on June 27, which updates the country's growth scenario and outlines key policy measures for the remaining months of 2026.

The oil and gas industry no longer enjoys the favourable conditions of previous decades, with many major oil and gas fields entering decline while new discoveries are increasingly located in deeper waters, requiring higher investment, more advanced technology and stricter environmental standards.

A seminar on building the financial centre and shaping next-generation capital flows was held in Đà Nẵng on Tuesday.

Officials from the finance ministries of Việt Nam and Laos met in Hà Nội on June 30 to exchange experiences in mobilising, managing and using official development assistance (ODA) and concessional foreign loans.

At Kim Thành II international border gate, more than 2,000 tonnes of durian are exported to China each day, the highest daily volume recorded in the past two years.

The facility provides additional funding for the bank’s business activities, with pricing linked to VPBank’s Sustainability Performance Targets (SPTs), including annual portfolio-level targets to expand lending to green and social sectors.

More shrimp farmers in Vĩnh Long Province are adopting digital technologies and automated systems to increase yields, reduce risks and meet growing market demands.

Việt Nam will work to place its investment environment among the top three countries in ASEAN and among the top 30 economies worldwide by 2028.

There are currently 320 port terminals with a combined berth length of 102 kilometres, while cargo throughput reached 1.17 billion tonnes in 2025.

The programme is designed to be held every two years, with the inaugural assessment scheduled for the end of 2026 and the second edition planned for 2028.

During January-May, Việt Nam-Israel trade neared US$1.6 billion. Việt Nam's exports to Israel jumped 30.6 per cent year-on-year to $462 million. If the current growth momentum holds, full-year trade is on track to reach around $3.9 billion, with Việt Nam's exports set to surpass $1 billion for the first time.

Deputy Prime Minister Hồ Quốc Dũng praised the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment for developing and putting the system into operation, saying it would improve transparency across the agricultural supply chain, enable the tracing of product origins and help safeguard the quality and reputation of Vietnamese agricultural products in international markets.

Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee Nguyễn Văn Được proposed priorities linked to the Vietnam International Financial Centre (VIFC) to draw new-generation, high-quality capital flows. These include shifting from a project-attraction approach towards building an investment ecosystem and positioning the IFC as a strategic instrument for implementing Việt Nam’s new-generation FDI strategy.

The benchmark index ended the first half of the year with a gain of 4.2 per cent, rising from 1,784 points to 1,860 points.

In the first six months of this year, Vinacomin’s commercial coal output reached about 53.7 per cent of the full-year target, while coal sales achieved 55 per cent.