Việt Nam News

Local authorities said the 2025 revenue performance provides a critical springboard for the city to enter its next development phase with higher expectations, as it seeks to meet ambitious fiscal targets in 2026 and beyond.

Tây Ninh Province achieved many outstanding highlights in 2025, affirming the province as a bright spot for development in the Southeast region.

At the gong-striking ceremony this morning, the Finance Minister urges swift resolution of bottlenecks to meet key criteria for a stock market upgrade by September.

Industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City attracted total newly registered and adjusted investment capital of US$5.3 billion in 2025, up 0.37 per cent year on year and 17.5 per cent above the annual target, according to the HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA).

As domestic consumption is a key growth driver for Việt Nam amid global economic uncertainty, experts said that the Government must take measures to promote it, because increasing demand is required to help the country meet its 10 per cent annual GDP growth target for 2026.

Despite continued volatility in the global economy, remittance inflows to HCM City are maintaining a steady growth trajectory and are projected to reach a historic high of US$10.5 billion in 2025.

Travel companies said the Lunar New Year season this year is marked by earlier bookings, growing demand for personalised itineraries, and a preference for new travel experiences.

Under new regulations on supervision, inspection, evaluation, classification, reporting and disclosure of information in the management and investment of State capital in enterprises, criteria for evaluating and classifying SOEs are based on the level of task completion and capital utilisation efficiency.

The latest forecasts indicate that meat imports into Việt Nam will continue to rise this year, surpassing levels seen in 2025.

Việt Nam plans to develop a large railway industrial complex, which is a foundational step toward building a domestic railway industry chain, while opening up new space to attract private investment.

With a confirmed upgrade and strong macroeconomic fundamentals, there is optimism that foreign capital flow in Việt Nam's stock market will soon reverse in the following period.

Minister of Construction Trần Hồng Minh spoke to the Vietnam News Agency about the sector’s achievements in 2025 and its future goals to develop a synchronised and modern infrastructure system, contributing to the country’s new era of growth.

The company reported total sales of 71,954 vehicles in 2025, up 8 per cent year-on-year.

Minister of Finance Nguyễn Văn Thắng recently held a working session with Chinese Ambassador to Việt Nam He Wei to discuss ways increasing cooperation in investment, trade and finance.

More than US$5.3 billion in new and additional investment was channelled into HCM City’s export processing and industrial zones in 2025, up 0.37 per cent year-on-year and exceeding the annual target by 17.5 per cent.

The tariff increases on finished wood products, including upholstered chairs, kitchen cabinets and bathroom cabinets will be delayed by one year, from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, under the US President Donald Trump’s decision on adjusting import tariffs on wood products under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.

The corporate bond market continued its recovery in 2025 with issuance estimated to total VNĐ575.4 trillion (US$21.8 billion), up 11.3 per cent over 2024, according to the Việt Nam Bond Market Association.

Việt Nam currently has some 15,000 semiconductor specialists, well below the target of 50,000 by 2030, underscoring an increasingly acute shortage of qualified workers in the sector.