The GSO said the rise in January’s CPI was fueled by a surge in the demand for goods to prepare for the Lunar New Year (Tết) festival, high prices of foods and foodstuff, and increase in gas prices to keep up with swings in the global market.
The southern province of Đồng Nai reported an export surplus of US$4.3 billion last year, 30 per cent up from 2019, according to its Department of Statistics.
Việt Nam's stock market recorded its worst performance last week with the biggest single-day loss on January 28 as selling pressure and a surge of new COVID-19 cases weighed on the market sentiment.
The positive figure makes Vietjet one of the few airlines in the world having no workforce reduction and turning a profit amid complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Masan Group Corporation (MSN) achieved consolidated net revenues of VNĐ77.218 trillion (US$3.54 billion) and net profit post minority interest (NPAT Post MI) of VNĐ1.234 trillion ($53.6 million) last year, up 106.7 per cent and 13.4 per cent year-on-year.
Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Hungary hit a historic record of more than US$1 billion in 2020, reflecting the enhanced relationship between the two countries in recent years.
Việt Nam's goods exports were valued at US$27.7 billion in January, up 0.2 per cent from the previous month and 50.5 per cent from the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO).
Việt Nam’s capability to technologically upgrade the manufacturing industry was the central theme at a recent international webinar.
The Việt Nam Real Estate Brokerage Association forecasts the housing real estate market in 2021 to have more optimistic developments due to the effective prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic and domestic economic recovery momentum.
Foreign investors poured nearly US$2.02 billion into Việt Nam in the first month of this year, down 62.2 per cent from January 2020, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency (FIA).
Việt Nam's stock market rose on Friday after posting the biggest single-day losses the day before as concerns raised on new community COVID-19 cases.
Port operator SP-SSA International Terminal on Friday said the first ship from Petra, a new vessel service, has berthed at the Cái Mép Thị Vải Port in the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu.
Techcombank has reinforced the strength of its customer centric strategy in delivering strong 2020 financial results.
The HCM City tourism sector this year plans to focus on digitalisation of the industry and promotion of domestic tourism amid a downturn in tourism because of the COVID-19 pamdemic.
It looks like Việt Nam will truly be back with a vengeance in 2021 and posting the kind of growth figures that have brought it to global attention in recent years.
Vietnamese firms must improve product quality, strictly follow the rules of origin and ensure food safety to export goods to the UK under the recently signed UK-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement, speakers said at a seminar on Thursday in HCM City.
The Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA) plans to set up a working group to inspect the hike in freight rates among shipping companies that have routes to Europe and America.
Shares finished lower on Thursday with market's benchmarks down more than 6 per cent as investors run away the stock market when new community COVID-19 cases were reported in Quảng Ninh and Hải Dương Province.