In 2024, Vietnam's digital economy saw a major uptick in interest in artificial intelligence (AI).

In 2025, the geopolitical and economic landscape is expected to remain complex, affecting production, investment and trade activities.

A large number of European companies foresee an improvement in the macroeconomic outlook for Vietnam in the first quarter of 2025.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged ministries and localities to implement synchronous support measures to remove difficulties for businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, and boost their growth.

Small and medium–sized enterprises (SMEs) have been urged to improve their competitiveness amid rapid global integration, to grab opportunities as signs of economic recovery are already emerging in 2015.

Vietnam and the European Union (EU) concluded the 11th and the last round of free trade agreement negotiations in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, on January 23 after five days of sitting.

Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) to monitor global oil prices closely and have flexible solutions to respond to changes.

HCM city was honoured at a conference on January 16 as a regional leader in the microchip industry, ranking third in Southeast Asia (SEA).

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a programme to develop and upgrade industrial clusters and value chains for products having competitive advantages in five sectors: electronics and information technology, textiles, food processing, agricultural machinery, and tourism nd related services.

KTĐT - The Bkav Corporation recently displayed its international-standard SmartHome solution and smartphone at the Consumer Electronics Show "CES 2015" in Las Vegas, Nevada, the United States.

Vietnam is set to manufacture 200,000 automobiles and 4 million motorbikes in 2015, up 2 % against the 2011-2015 period, according to the Heavy Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

KTĐT - The southern region has attracted US$7.21 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2014, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment's Foreign Investment Agency.

Viet Nam can gain US$24.5 billion from exporting garment, the highest figure in the recent three years and bringing the trade surplus of the sector to US$12 billion this year.

The total import turnover of Completely Built-Up (CBU) automobiles in Vietnam this year reached US$1.446 billion, which nearly matched the record level of US$1.5 billion.

Vietnam’s seafood exports increased 18% on-year to US$7.9 billion for the 12 months leading up to 2015, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), buoyed by record high shrimp exports to the US market.

The Vietnamese Government has implemented a protectionism policy on its domestic automobile industry with a national strategy to build a sector able to compete with other regional nations`.

Five wholly owned Vietnamese automobile companies have united in an “alliance”, joining forces to improve the local automobile industry to meet the challenges of the AFTA (ASEAN Free Trade Agreement) period.

Vietnam`s coffee exports for the year ended 2014 surged 32% in value on-year to a new record high of US$3.6 billion, according to the Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has sharply raised the tariff on petrol imports in order to cope with plummeting crude oil prices.

Vietnam mobile phone makers have not violated any World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade rules and any allegations by Turkey they did are sheer ‘stealth protectionism’ measures aiming to block legitimate foreign competition.

Vietnam has imported 9.9 million tonnes of steel valued at US$6.6 billion during the 11 months leading up to December, according to the latest statistics from the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Over 200 enterprises from 10 nations have registered to participate at the international trade show– Metal & Weld 2014 – in Ho Chi Minh City on December 3-6 showcasing the latest in metal working and welding industrial technologies.

Domestic seafood exporters have been warned against their violation of the RoK’s food safety regulations against chemical and antibiotic residues detected in 11 batches of tra fish.