Việt Nam News

The development plan for the northern Lào Cai Province from 2021 to 2030, with a vision to 2050, will prioritise infrastructure development.

The service aims to promote trade, economy and tourism between two localities, which are also key economic regions. 

VinFast announced on April 18 the official opening of its first store in Vancouver, British Columbia

Vecom estimated that last year, the retail e-commerce transaction scale comprised about 8.5 per cent of the total retail sales of consumer goods and services of VNĐ5,680 trillion ($240.5 billion).

Dairy producers will see gross profit margin recover in 2023, as pressure from raw material costs eases.

The Government Office recently sent an urgent dispatch to the Minister of Industry and Trade regarding recommendations to deal with shortcomings in the building and issuance of a pricing mechanism for electricity generation of transitional wind and solar power plants.

A survey by the HCM City Business Association showed 83, out of 100 businesses, are currently struggling to stay afloat.

In Việt Nam, green growth is always on the government's agenda because the paradigm aligns with the country's net-zero commitments at COP26. 

The Ministry of Finance has requested insurance companies to urgently review their overall sales and appraisal processes, and customer service procedures to ensure compliance with legal regulations.

Stocks managed to end on a positive note on Tuesday, bolstered by the growth of the securities stocks group.

Việt Nam continues to be a hub for strong tech talent, said the Southeast Asia Startup Talent Report 2023.

The rankings, which measure the attractiveness of doing business in 82 countries and economies globally, showed Việt Nam witnessed the largest improvement in the business environment in the past year, followed by Thailand (10 places) and Belgium (seven places).

The seventh International Trade Fair for Laboratory Technology, Analysis, Biotechnology and Diagnostics (Analytica Vietnam 2023) will return to HCM City on April 19 after a four-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VINASA together with the Vietnamese Trade Office in Germany held a networking event themed ‘Industrial digital transformation’ at the world leading industrial and IT fair Hannover Messe in Germany, taking place from April 17-21.

Vietnamese Government has agreed in principle with the Ministry of Finance’s proposal of reducing value added tax (VAT) from 10 per cent to 8 per cent.

Every year, many kinds of products of Việt Nam in general and Hà Nội in particular are put up for sale at Aeon supermarkets and retail stores across Japan through the “Vietnamese Goods Week” programme.

The south-eastern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu plans to have by 2025 at least 150 products rated no less than three stars under the country’s “One Commune-One Product” programme.

In the long term, according to VSA, Việt Nam's steel demand will continue to grow from 240kg per capita to 290kg per capita in 2030. Steel demand will be concentrated on alloys or high-quality steel.