Việt Nam News

The Việt Nam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) and Alibaba.com, the global business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform of the Alibaba Group, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on supporting Vietnamese firms to boost online export and organised an international e-commerce conference in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Đặng Hoàng Ân shared Việt Nam’s roadmap to form electricity and energy markets towards efficient and sustainable power development at the seventh Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) that took place virtually on Tuesday.

More and more agriculture and aquaculture businesses are setting up their own farms rather than rely on imports for raw materials.

Helping businesses revive production and trading is one of the important tasks that HCM City’s industry and trade authorities will focus on in 2021.

Low power demand coupled with an oversupply of electricity at times have forced authorities to cut the capacity of renewable energy plants to avoid overwhelming the national grid, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT). 

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will pay greater attention this year to the implementation of projects manufacturing products in supporting industries, as many opportunities have appeared for Việt Nam to bolster production and exports.

Visa has announced plans to expand its global digital platform for delivering free education resources to small and micro businesses.

Even at the peak of the crisis in the second quarter of the year, Việt Nam just about eked out positive growth and has recovered quickly

Shares advanced on the Hà Nội Stock Exchange but slipped on the HCM City’s bourse on Tuesday, partly blamed on continued congestion on the southern bourse’s system.

Lê Ánh Dương, chairman of Bắc Giang People’s Committee, said this was good news for local lychee farmers.

A policy research forum was held in Hà Nội on Monday to look into the enhancement of Việt Nam-Japan co-operation for the sustainable energy development in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in the post-pandemic period.

The European Commission (EC) has announced the possible extension of safeguard meaures applicable to imports of certain steel products, including some from Việt Nam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam.

Multinational electronic companies are making moves to increase investment and expand production, to help HCM City become a leading production hub.

The Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh is seeking investment in many projects.

Some listed banks have planned to pay a surprisingly high dividend rates this year.

Việt Nam has seen sharp growth in the number of businesses run by women, the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said.

The Hà Nội Department of Information and Communication has just drafted and submitted to the municipal people's committee on the city’s digital transformation programme by 2025, with a vision to 2030.

Việt Nam needs to research solutions and prepare all necessary conditions to open border for foreign tourists from July 2021, according to Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, chairman of the Việt Nam Tourism Association.