Ministers reach out to provinces to ensure essential services A national online meeting was held on Sunday to find solutions to ensure essential goods for the south when applying social distancing in 19 southern provinces and cities.

Exporters, hit by pandemic, turn to domestic market The Vietnamese market with a population of nearly 100 million is attracting both foreign and local food suppliers, with many local exporters turning to the domestic market to overcome this difficult COVID-19 period.

Criteria for evaluating Vietnamese business culture announced A set of criteria for evaluating Vietnamese business culture was announced on Wednesday in Hà Nội by the Việt Nam Association for the Business Cultural Development.

Petrol price up to nearly VNĐ22,000 per litre The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF) increased petrol prices by more than VNĐ850 per litre on Monday.

Electric vehicles to be subject to tax incentives in Việt Nam The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) has said it is cooperating with the Ministry of Finance to consider the provision of tax incentives to encourage the development and use of electric vehicles in Việt Nam.

Việt Nam to solve bottlenecks to develop its auto industry1 Limited market capacity and price differences between domestically produced cars and imported cars are the two biggest bottlenecks for the local auto industry, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

Việt Nam records nearly $1.47b trade deficit H1 Many experts said the current trade deficit was not a cause for concern as Việt Nam mainly imports components and raw materials for production and export. That would be a premise for production and would lead to stronger exports in time to come. 

Green hydrogen development associated with offshore wind power, experts say The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) needs to study and issue/or direct the Việt Nam Electricity (EVN) to issue regulations to synchronously develop the transmission and distribution system to ensure the stable operation of the power system when wind and solar power sources have a high percentage, said Trần Viết Ngãi, Chairman of Việt Nam Energy Association.

MoIT asks for co-operation in anti-dumping investigation on imported steel products

The Trade Remedies Authority under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) said that it had sent questionnaires on end-of-term review of anti-dumping measures against imported galvanised steel products originating from China and the Republic of Korea (RoK) to all foreign steel producers and exporters.

Việt Nam records $1.35b trade deficit in first half of June According to trade experts, the above-mentioned trade deficit was not a worrisome figure as enterprises ramped up their imports of input materials to meet their production demands.