Việt Nam News

The Vietnamese economy expanded at 5.03 per cent in the first quarter of this year, the General Statistics Office said on Tuesday.

Hà Nội has set aside more than VNĐ2 trillion (US$87 million) in funds to support poor households, vulnerable groups, and small-to-medium sized businesses in a bid to speed up the capital's economic recovery.

Many small and medium-sized enterprises plan to increase cross-border trade for their products via e-commerce platforms

The Vietnam International Maritime Corporation has called on the Government and HCM City People’s Committee for support for its proposed construction of the Cần Giờ International Container Terminal. 

Experts have raised concerns about the involvement of real estate companies in commercial banks, warning it may pose risks to the financial system and the whole economy.

The Vietnam Consumer Protection Association (VCPA) will start a survey programme for consumer-trusted goods and services in 2022.

Việt Nam has the opportunity to be at the forefront of the global movement towards the electrification of transport, so demand for nickel in Việt Nam will continue to rise, experts have said.

Shares of cement companies are skyrocketing to record highs amid positive market forecasts.

Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, on March 28 announced the expansion of the She’s Next Grant Programme in Việt Nam to support women entrepreneurs in capital mobilisation, business governance and development.

The Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) and the French Development Agency (AFD) on March 28 signed an agreement on a non-Government guaranteed loan worth 80 million euros (US$87.8 million) to implement the southern Việt Nam power distribution project invested by EVN's subsidiary - the Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC).

The market opened the week on a negative note, with both benchmark indices losing more than 1 per cent, as selling pressure weighed on investors' sentiment from the beginning of the session. 

The upcoming event “Automation in the Việt Nam National Digital Transformation Program: Intelligent and Innovative” is expected to help develop the automation fields during industrialisation and modernisation

The resumption of  Đà Nẵng-Bangkok route will once again provide Vietnamese travellers with a highly convenient and cost-saving travel option, especially for those in the central region looking to discover Thailand, one of the most popular international destinations for Vietnamese tourists, Vietjet said in a statement.

Several airlines have sent appeals to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Transport, calling for favourable policies amid mounting fuel prices.

Petrol price is expected to go down substantially from April after the National Assembly on March 23 passed the resolution on reduction of environmental protection tax rates on petroleum products.

Industry real estate developer BW Industrial Development Joint Stock Company marked its entry into Long An with the acquisition of industrial land in the province

Many bus operators have had to adjust their schedules under the pressure of increasing petrol prices and the number of passengers is not improving.

As fruit and vegetable exports to China face difficulties, many Vietnamese enterprises have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to invest in systems and processing plants to sell their products in Europe and the US.