Việt Nam News

The non-performing loans (NPLs) of 20 local banks at the end of 2020 rose by 4.5 per cent year-on-year to VNĐ83.4 trillion (US$3.58 billion), according to the banks’ latest financial statements.

The guests brought a little joy for 60 third-grade pupil and their parents, teachers, and staff who are also in the school for three weeks with a homemade treat – the cheesy buns which were prepared by the hotel chefs.

VinFast has just become the 57th automakers to receive a license to test self-driving electric vehicles in California, the US.

The Vietnamese stock market may continue to advance during the two last trading days before the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday but cash poured into the market is believed to decline and there might be a differentiation between flows.

La Vie Co., Ltd. has donated 45,000 litres of bottled mineral water to COVID-19 quarantine areas and hospitals in Hải Dương and Quảng Ninh provinces.

Kinh Bắc City Development Share Holding Corporation (KBC) expects to benefit from leasing industrial zones.

The State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has requested its branches, credit institutions, foreign bank branches, and the National Payment Corporation of Việt Nam (NAPAS) ensure the safety of banking operations during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

In December the CPV Food Complex was inaugurated at the Becamex Bình Phước Industrial Zone.

With a week to go for Tết (the Lunar New Year) sales of goods bought to celebrate the Lunar New Year have increased by 30-40 per from normal times, according to market observers.

Việt Nam has imported Chilean cherries for the first time.

Many products made under a programme called ‘One Commune One Product’ have become a big hit with consumers seeking to buy gift hampers for Tết (Lunar New Year).

The Minh Phú Hậu Giang Seafood JSC (in Hậu River Industrial Park in Hậu Giang Province’s Châu Thành District) in early January exported its first batch of shrimp in eight containers to the EU, the US, and Japan at prices 4-5 per cent higher than in the Asian market. 

A resurgence of Covid-19 just before theTết (Lunar New Year) holiday has hugely impacted travelling, again demonstrating its impact on the tourism industry.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Việt Nam has adopted a socio-economic development strategy for the next decade, in which Việt Nam sets its sights on becoming a developed and upper-middle income country with modern industry by 2030.

The local retail market is forecast to grow at a double-digit rate in 2021, so domestic retailers have rushed to open new stores across the country to expand their market share since the beginning of the year.

HCM City's Index of Industrial Production rose by 34.5 per cent in January despite the continuing problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The value-added tax was VNĐ519 billion and corporate income tax VNĐ624 billion.

Vietnamese agribusiness companies recorded high profit in 2020 as the country’s rice export got good result.