Economic restoration needs 'wartime' policy effort

The Government’s new growth target of 4 per cent this year, though ambitious, could still be achieved if policy implementation is organised well.

Domestic property market faces uncertainty

The domestic real estate market is hoped to have growth in the fourth quarter of this year and before the Lunar New Year 2021 if, by this year-end, the domestic economy is restored to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Việt Nam lures US$6 billion FDI into industrial parks Nearly US$6 billion in foreign direct investment was poured into Việt Nam’s industrial parks (IPs), processing zones and economic zones (Ezs) in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

Trust Bank swindle case appeal resumes The HCM City People’s Supreme Court yesterday (June 22) began hearing the second phase of the appeal in the misappropriation case at Đại Tín Bank, or Trust Bank, which caused a loss of VNĐ1.338 trillion (US$57.51 million).  

Developing industrial infrastructure critical to catching FDI flow Việt Nam needed to focus on developing the infrastructure system of industrial zones (IZs) to draw clean and quality foreign direct investment (FDI) in the context of the global production shift, heard a conference on Friday in Hà Nội.

Tax deferral policy must be longer to benefit firms The Government’s policy of giving a five-month postponement of tax and land-use fee payments to support businesses to overcome the difficult time caused by COVID-19 pandemic should be extended to allow more companies to get back on their feet.

Housing projects will be proposed to sell land parcels, says ministry

Housing projects not located in urban districts of two special urban areas, Hà Nội and HCM City are permitted to sell land parcels.

CIEM finds bottlenecks in easing after COVID-19 pandemic The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) identified the slow reform of investment procedures as a bottleneck of the local economy amid the easing of measures after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Can Việt Nam take advantage of new foreign investment strategies?

COVID-19 has been deemed a catalyst for investors to take the 'China plus one' strategy into more significant consideration and the trend of shifting manufacturing bases to Việt Nam has recently picked up pace.

Gov’t to boost firms, private investment to accelerate post-pandemic growth The Government was focusing on boosting the development of enterprises and encourage private investment among keys to accelerate post-pandemic economic growth.