Despite a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Vietnam, the industrial property segment saw positive signs with new industrial zones established and key industrial projects beginning operations, according to a report by Savills Vietnam.

Container freight trains from Vietnam to Belgium will open up a new cooperation direction to increase benefits of railway logistics services, Deputy General Director of the Rail Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (Ratraco) Nguyen Hoang Thanh told the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has published an article on the occasion of the Việt Nam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro celebrating its 40th founding anniversary and 35 years since it began oil and gas exploitation, praising the firm's significant contributions to the nations’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

Despite struggling to cope with a COVID-19 resurgence, HCM City managed to achieve positive economic growth in the first seven months of the year, according to the city Statistics Office.

The city’s health sector and Thủ Đức city authorities must apply strict Covid-19 prevention measures to maintain safety and industrial production value at Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) amid the pandemic, Phan Văn Mãi, deputy secretary of HCM City’s Party Committee, said. 

The Ministry of Finance has issued a circular providing guidelines on obligations of organisations and individuals in foreign investment activities on the Vietnamese securities market.

Vietnam has surpassed Bangladesh as the world’s second largest exporter of ready-made garments (RMG), Fashion United, an international B2B fashion platform, quoted the World Trade Statistical Review 2021 released by World Trade Organization (WTO).

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are increasingly growing fruits out of season and more efficiently.

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko has published an article on the occasion of the Vietnam – Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro celebrating its 40th founding anniversary and 35 years since it began oil and gas exploitation, praising the firm's significant contributions to the nations’ comprehensive strategic partnership.

HCM City authorities are working carry a new inland container depot (ICD) to be built in Long Bình Ward, District 9, to replace the existing Trường Thọ Port complex in Thủ Đức District.

Export revenue from the EU market reached 22.5 billion USD in the first seven months of 2021, a year on year rise of 15.5 percent, reported the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

E-commerce is an important pillar in Việt Nam’s development of digital economy and digital transformation. Structural reforms will help promote the sector in line with digital trend.

Tân Cảng - Cát Lái Port in HCM City’s newly created Thủ Đức city will temporarily stop accepting imports by businesses that have suspended production so that it can clear a huge backlog of containers that have piled up.

The market ended higher on Monday, boosted by gains in large-cap stocks, with foreign investors continuing to net buy on both main exchanges. 

Việt Nam's major telecom companies including Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, CMC, FPT, Vietnamobile, and SCTV have announced a joint support package worth VNĐ10,000 billion (US$435 million) for consumers across the country. 

The European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created a favourable corridor for trade between the two sides and brought new impetus to economic cooperation between Việt Nam and the EU, Nguyễn Văn Thảo, head of the Mission of Việt Nam to the EU, has said.

Vietinbank has posted positive business results in the first half of the year despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

The disbursed public investment declined in July due to the surge in COVID-19 cases, but it still grew 5.6 percent in the first seven months of 2021 as compared to the same period last year.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has directed credit institutions to reduce some transaction fees from August 1 this year to support customers amid the outbreak of the latest COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in collaboration with Amazon Global Selling Việt Nam have launched a programme to help small and medium sized firms set up their digital sales channels.