Hanoi prioritizes key industrial products
The city is offering incentives to key manufacturers of industrial products, focusing on improving the business environment, advancing science and technology, and improving human resources.
16:42, 2025/01/12
AI set to drive Vietnam's economic growth in 2025
In 2024, Vietnam's digital economy saw a major uptick in interest in artificial intelligence (AI).
22:32, 2025/01/09
Support measures to strengthen Hanoi's small businesses and local industries
In 2025, the geopolitical and economic landscape is expected to remain complex, affecting production, investment and trade activities.
17:17, 2025/01/08
European companies endorse Vietnam as investment destination
A large number of European companies foresee an improvement in the macroeconomic outlook for Vietnam in the first quarter of 2025.
08:10, 2020/11/02
Vietnam's factory activity continues recovering
Anecdotal evidence suggested that success in bringing the Covid-19 outbreak under control in Vietnam had helped lead to a recovery in customer demand.
11:33, 2020/10/30
Vietnam October inflation hits 5-year low at 0.09% m/m
Core inflation comes at 2.52% year-on-year in the first ten months of 2020.
23:37, 2020/10/29
Japan, Vietnam firms ink billion-dollar gas power projects during Suga's visit
Oil and gas industry has been one of the top priorities in the bilateral economic relations.
17:15, 2020/10/29
Business formations in Vietnam surge 18% m/m in October
The total number of newly-registered and reinstated enterprises in the ten-month period reached 148,900, down 0.3% year-on-year.
10:35, 2020/10/29
AES, PetroVietnam set up joint venture for US$1.4 billion LNG terminal
The partnership is expected to develop a hub for LNG imported from the US.
10:02, 2020/10/29
US companies sign US$3 billion deal for LNG-to-power project in Vietnam
The 3,200-megawatt power station project is a flagship model for the US-Vietnam economic relations.
16:14, 2020/10/27
Vietnam targets 15 billion-dollar private enterprises by 2025
The average growth rate of newly established enterprises is expected to reach 15% per annum in 2021 – 2030.
12:25, 2020/10/26
World largest container ship docks at Vietnam port
Vietnam’s Cai Mep International Terminal is now among 20 ports globally that are capable of receiving Margrethe Maersk, one of the world’s largest container ships.
11:30, 2020/10/25
Vietnam cancels 400 small hydropower projects
Vietnam’s environmental ministry is not encouraging development at all costs of small hydropower projects.
12:50, 2020/10/23
Vietnam well-positioned for IT firms globally: Experts
By 2025, Vietnam targets to be among the leading 70 countries in e-government development, while the digital economy would account for 20% of total GDP.
11:07, 2020/10/21
PM urges Samsung to invest in semi-conductor manufacturing plant in Vietnam
With over 3,000 engineers, Samsung’s R&D center in Hanoi, scheduled for completion in late 2022, would be one of the company’s main R&D hubs globally.
18:33, 2020/10/20
Vietnam growth may slow to 3% in 2020, likely to rebound to 7.8% in 2021: StanChart
Vietnam is one of the few Asian economies to have registered positive growth so far this year, despite the second wave of infections.
18:03, 2020/10/20
Vietnam fails to realize 5-year economic target on Covid-19
This comes as Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2020 is set to expand by 2 – 3%, much lower than the 6.8% target initially set for the year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has said.
15:01, 2020/10/20
PM approves issuance of aviation license to Vietravel Airlines
Given the prime ministerial decision, Vietnam would have a sixth operational airline.
07:53, 2020/10/20
Vietnam, Japan to boost cooperation in innovation
The Japanese business community has high expectation that Vietnam would manufacture high-added value products.
14:27, 2020/10/19
US$3.7 billion deals announced in Suga’s Vietnam visit
The deals cover fields ranging from digital economy, environment to energy and infrastructure.
01:42, 2020/10/17
Startups in ASEAN help promote inclusive and sustainable development: UNDP
Young entrepreneurs will play a key role in the post Covid-19 socio-economic recovery journey, even accelerating it in the Southeast Asian region, stated a senior UNDP official.
08:21, 2020/10/13
Vietnam should add internal combustion engine power plants from 2022: Study
A study proposes developing a mechanism for reserve capacity payments for flexible power plants, and developing an ancillary services market for the Vietnam grid.
09:57, 2020/10/10
JICA-funded solar power project helps Vietnam advance low-carbon growth goal
The project is the first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific to be certified by the Climate Bonds Initiative.
16:23, 2020/10/03
Vietnam PM urges speedier economic recovery to ensure 2.5–3% GDP growth
Vietnam has been successful in realizing the dual target of both containing the pandemic and boosting economic growth, which has translated into higher economic performance in September.