WB warns of heightened risks looming While Việt Nam's economic recovery was gaining momentum, the government must pay more attention to "inflation and heightened risks of weaker global demand and supply disruptions to economic prospects", said a World Bank report on the South East Asian economy for May. 

PM attends dialogue on development orientations with Harvard school professors Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended a policy dialogue about development orientations of Việt Nam in the 21st century with professors of the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 14 (US time) as part of his working trip to the US.             

New southern ring road set to open to traffic in 2028

Construction of the first phase of Ring Road No.4, which runs through five southern localities, including HCM City, should be completed by 2028, local reports say.

Việt Nam promotes solutions to improve national credit rating

Trương Hùng Long, director of the Department of Debt Management and External Finance under the Ministry of Finance, spoke with Vietnam News Agency about improving the national credit rating.

FDI – bright spot of Việt Nam’s economy amid COVID-19

The Việt Nam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises (VAFIE) released an annual report on foreign investment in Việt Nam last year at a meeting in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Standard Chartered Bank: Regional focus to support Việt Nam’s post-COVID recovery Việt Nam is a key beneficiary of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), which entered into force on 1 January 2022 and creates the world’s largest free trade area, according to Standard Chartered Bank in its latest Global Research Report titled: “Việt Nam – RCEP: Opportunities and challenges”.

VN textile and garment sector makes eco-friendly moves

Vietnamese textile and garment businesses are making a green push with research and development of eco-friendly materials and technologies to adapt to global sustainable fashion trends.

Bình Dương FDI quadruples from 2021

The southern province of Bình Dương attracted US$1.8 billion worth of foreign direct investment in the first four months of 2022, four times the amount as in the same period last year.

Việt Nam remains attractive to Japanese investors

Nobuhiko Sasaki, Chairman and CEO of the Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), spoke to Thế giới & Việt Nam (The World and Việt Nam) online newspaper on the attraction of Việt Nam as a potential market that boasts many factors for steady growth in the eyes of Japanese investors.

Vietnamese enterprises keen on investing in agriculture

Currently, the Ministry of Planning and Investment is presiding over the development of a new decree which will replace Decree 57 to make the policy more practical and consistent with other laws such as the Law on Public Investment, the Law on Investment and Enterprise Law. Vietnam News Agency talked to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến about the new draft decree.