Việt Nam News

The HCM City branch of the State Bank of Việt Nam has asked credit institutions to tighten the management on credit flow into the real estate sector and the transfer of money collected from real estate transactions abroad.

Việt Nam's import-export turnover during the first four months of 2022 reached over US$242 billion, of which exports totalled $122.3 billion and imports $119.8 billion, resulting in a trade surplus of $2.53 billion, according to the latest report released yesterday from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).

The 2022 Vietnam Manufacturing Expo and  Vietnam’s Only Exhibition on SMT, Testing Technologies, Equipment and Supporting Industries for Electronics Manufacturing (NEPCON Vietnam 2022) will be held in Hanoi on August 10-12 and September 14-16 respectively.

Several key construction materials have seen a sharp price hike during the first three months of 2022, putting significant pressure on property prices, according to the Vietnam Association of Construction Contractors.

With demand for air travel recovering and surging for the upcoming holidays, the aviation and tourism sectors are hoping to make good after suffering severe pandemic impacts.

Việt Nam’s geography gives it a logistical advantage in boosting production, export and logistics services. This year, the Government has set targets of tapping its full potential.

Benchmark indices ended the week on a positive note, as risk appetite improved ahead of a long holiday. 

The Hà Nội real estate market in the first quarter of 2022 saw signs of improvement in the segments of retail, office and villas/townhouses, while the apartment segment had a more bleak performance, according to Savills Vietnam.

On behalf of the governments of the two nations, Deputy Foreign Minister Phạm Quang Hiệu and Oman's Ambassador to Việt Nam His Excellency Saleh Mohamed Ahmed Al Suqri in Hà Nội on Thursday signed the visa waiver agreement for holders of diplomatic, special and official passports.

The Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk has great potential in agriculture with the country’s largest land area with a fairly flat terrain and a mild climate.

The Ho Chi Minh City Development Joint Stock Commercial Bank (HDBank) targets a 21 per cent increase in profit before tax to VNĐ10 trillion (US$434.21 million) this year, and a standalone non-performing loan ratio of less than 1.5 per cent.

Việt Nam will be an important security partner in Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy, director of the Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS) Julie Nguyễn said.

Bamboo Airways on Thursday launched the Melbourne-Hà Nội air route, becoming the first Vietnamese airline to operate the route, contributing to promoting the partnership between Vietnam and Australia.

The Việt Nam Software and IT Services Association (VINASA) has begun voting procedures to find the top 10 leading information, communication and technology (ICT) firms in 2022.

Coteccons Construction Corporation (CTD) plans to achieve VNĐ20 billion (US$870,400) in profit this year, a decrease of 17 per cent year-on-year.

The risk of high inflation and the rising price of assets have been put forward at a seminar to discuss how to support and revive the economy in the new normal, after the great impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has recently sold US dollar forward for the first time since 2018 to support the liquidity of the foreign exchange market.

Foreign investment inflows into Việt Nam during the first four months of the year saw a decline of 11.7 per cent year-on-year to around US$10.8 billion, a report from the Foreign Investment Department (FIA) has shown