Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s economy has recently received many optimistic signals from the business community, which are fuelling expectations of a stable and rapid recovery after a long disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The active domestic market with high liquidity, mostly from local retail investors, has been supporting securities firms this year with many reporting outstanding performance. 

This has been a tough year for businesses in Việt Nam, especially micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), as a fourth wave of COVID-19 hit. On the occasion of Vietnamese Women’s Day today, Việt Nam News reporter Thu Ngân asks young women entrepreneurs running MSMEs how they managed to overcome COVID and how they generally developed their business.

Shares cut early gains to end Tuesday on a negative note as strong selling forces pushed down a handful of large-cap stocks, pressuring indices.

The capital city is committed to offering the best condition for foreign investors to conduct businesses, said the city's leaders during a meeting with foreign investors in Hà Nội yesterday.

Digital technology, if exploited to the maximum, can bring over VNĐ1.733 quadrillion (US$74 billion) to Việt Nam by 2030, with the most beneficial sectors including manufacturing, agriculture and food, and education-training.

Winners of Viet Solutions 2021, a contest seeking digital transformation solutions for Việt Nam, were announced at a ceremony held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hà Nội on Monday.

The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has said its members sold 367,037 motorbikes in the third quarter of 2021, a year-on-year drop of 45.84 per cent.

The Vietnam Report and online newspaper VietNamNet have just announced the Profit 500 list, featuring the top 500 most profitable enterprises in Việt Nam this year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) expects new draft regulations on debt purchase and sale of credit institutions will prevent the institutions from hiding bad debts.

Việt Nam’s residential area per capita is expected to reach about 27 sq.m by 2025 and to surge to 30 sq.m by 2030, according to the draft national housing development strategy.

The central city of Đà Nẵng plans to reboot local tourism from October 20, as the COVID-19 pandemic has been under control.

The benchmark indices finished higher on Monday, but the VN-Index failed to cross over the key psychological level of 1,400 points level as the rising selling force weighed on the market in the late session.