Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade said eight key projects have been approved by the city government to promote the industry, trading, e-commerce, and exports and facilitate goods transport.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with Gaw NP Capital to finance the entire Onehub Saigon project with a total limit of up to US$206 million at preferential lending interest rates.

Many Vietnamese companies in the oil and gas field might post positive results in the first quarter of 2021 thanks to the strong rally of crude oil in the international market.  

Việt Nam's Q1 picture is still optimistic with the gross domestic product (GDP) expanding nearly 4.5 per cent – among the best performers in the world. However, is this result good enough for the Southeast Asian country to securely triumph over its target set for the whole year?

Trần Quang Vĩ, a passenger who purchased a ticket from Hà Nội to Đà Nẵng on February 14 this year has been awarded the final prize. Born in 1997, Vĩ is a soldier and is working in Hà Nội. 

The joint venture attempts to optimise Toppan Cosmo's expertise in catalog and sample book production and Studio Tec's technical, and creative capabilities in 3D CG work, with Sugiyama responsible for quality control.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has decided to extend a policy allowing commercial banks to keep debt classifications for  COVID-19 affected borrowers unchanged to help customers access bank loans.

Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group will provide IT solutions, products and services to HCM City’s newly created Thủ Đức city to develop it into a smart urban area by 2026.

Việt Nam exported US$10.61 billion worth of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first quarter of 2021, up 19.7 per cent compared with the same period last year.

The State Bank of Việt Nam’s reference exchange rate for the US dollar fell by 0.1 per cent at the end of 2020.

Though the prices of Vietnamese 5-per cent broken white rice fell US$20 per tonne in a week, most local rice exporters said the decline would make sales easier.

The import of automobiles increased dramatically in March, according to figures released by the General Department of Customs (GDC).

In the quarter, the total value of listed G-bonds was estimated at more than VNĐ1.34 quadrillion, down 0.7 per cent compared to late 2020.

Việt Nam’s stock market capitalisation on Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) as of March 31 skyrocketed 93.56 per cent year-on-year to more than VNĐ4.46 quadrillion (US$193.72 billion), HOSE said.

The General Department of Market Surveillance under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said that the market management force would focus on fighting counterfeit goods, goods that infringe intellectual property rights and goods of unknown origin on both traditional trade and digital platforms from Thursday (April 1) to the end of December 2025.

It consists of seven areas, including duty-free, tourism, administrative, residential areas, an industrial park, and the Hà Tiên International Border Gate, which leads to the Prek Chak International Border Gate on the Cambodian side, and service areas.

This move is made as COVID-19 vaccines have been widely injected around the world, Vietjet said in a statement.

Industrial property continues to be a hot segment for Việt Nam’s real estate market with mounting enquiries as manufacturers seek to mitigate risk and diversify supply chains, according to Savills Việt Nam.