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.

In 2024, Vietnam's foreign direct investment (FDI) primarily targets high-value sectors such as electronics and green technology.

On 18th April, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) held the Inauguration ceremony of Evaluation and rating program for sustainable enterprises in Vietnam 2017.

Coffee prices in Vietnam have reached the highest level in six years owing to the shortage of export-qualified beans after the harvest was hit by rains.

According commitments when joining the Free Trade Agreement in ASEAN (AFTA), the import duty automobiles from the ASEAN region fell from 40% to 30%; tax cuts helped reduce car prices by 7% compared to 2016.

About 35 minerals with varying reserves, including fuel, metals, construction materials, precious and semi-precious gemstones, and liquid minerals have been discovered in Vietnam`s coastal areas.

Vietnam is forecast to produce some four billion liters of beer in 2017, up 10 percent year-on-year, according to Vietnam Beer Alcohol Beverage Association (VBA).

Although the UK is one of the largest import market of Vietnam, but Vietnamese goods accounted a small part of this market due to lack of advertisement. This is the information at a seminar on "Promoting Vietnam brand into the UK market" held by the Trade Promotion Department (MOIT) in the morning of September 9.

The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) should work out measures to meet the country’s development targets such as economic growth of 6.5-7 percent, one million businesses by 2020, and export surge of 8-10 percent, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said at a conference in Hanoi on January 3.

The US once again topped the list of 200 countries and territories importing Vietnamese goods in 2016, with a total import value of over US$34.8 billion, according to the Government’s portal.

The Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has set a goal of 7.1 billion USD in seafood export revenue in 2017.

That is the sharing of Ms. Mai Kieu Lien - General Director of Vinamilk when talking about the ambition to help the company branch out in the globe and become one of the top 50 dairy companies in the next three years.

As reported by Hanoi Statistical Office, Hanoi`s December industrial production index increases 5.5% compared to the previous month and up nearly 10% year-on-year.

Vietnam`s Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) output is sharply decreasing and increasing prices of new gas resources are forcing Vietnam to look to rise LNG imports by 2025.

Ministries and sectors should conduct specific activities to realise Government’s policies of encouraging startups, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam stressed at the Vietnam technology startup festival (TechFest Vietnam 2016) in Hanoi on November 12.

Statistics showed that 400 Vietnamese seafood producing facilities have been recognised by the European Union as meeting export standards but only 30 of them are allowed to ship seafood to the EAEU.

Swiss President Johann Schneider-Ammann has expressed his hope that the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and Vietnam will conclude negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement within the next few months despite certain difficulties at present.

Vietnam’s industrial production index (IPI) in the first ten months of 2016 grew 7.2 percent year-on-year.

At the yesterday`s reception for General Director of Russia’s Zarubezhneft oil and gas company Sergei I Kudryasov in Hanoi, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said that cooperation in oil and gas production has formed one of the main, effective sectors of bilateral relations and brought huge revenues to both countries’ budget.

Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung arrived in the northern port city of Hai Phong to inspect preparations for storm Sarika.

The Government report on the implementation of the 2016 socio- economic development plan delivered at the 2nd session of the 14th National Assembly’s Economic Committee in Hanoi on October 7, the macro economy was stable and the inflation rate was still under control.

The General Statistics Office revealed the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) increases by 7.4 percent in the first nine months of this year.