The two sides have discussed investment opportunities in logistics, trade, digital transformation, smart border gates and other potential fields.

Participants from 15 countries in the Asia-Pacific region have gathered for an AI workshop in HCM City from April 22-24 to discuss AI development and policies, hear from global experts and explore case studies and best practices relevant to the region.

The CEO Group has officially put the Wyndham Garden Sonasea Vân Đồn Resort within the Sonasea Vân Đồn Harbour City Complex into operation, marking a new pinnacle of luxury in north-eastern Quảng Ninh Province.

Mining Vietnam 2024 officially starts today (April 24) at the National Exhibition Construction Center (NECC) in Hà Nội.

Vinacomin announced it is mobilising all necessary resources to undertake two exploration projects and five bauxite-alumina-aluminum projects Đắk Nông Province.

Standard Chartered Bank has lowered Việt Nam’s 2024 GDP growth forecast to 6 per cent from the previous 6.7 per cent due to lower-than-expected Q1 growth and global trade headwinds.  

Five Vietnamese enterprises operating in the fields of food and hospitality are attending the Food & Hotel Asia (FHA) 2024 which is taking place in Singapore from April 23-26.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on April 23 took some moves like issuing treasury bills (T-bills), further employing T-bills as an open market operation (OMO), and stipulating liquidity and interest rates in the inter-bank market in the face of surging USD/VND exchange rates.

Leading distributors and retailers in Latin America will attend Vietnam International Sourcing in HCM City in June to look for large volumes of a diverse range of products, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

China, South Korea, the US and Thailand are still the largest importers of Vietnamese fruits and vegetables.

Though the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has announced it is selling the US dollar to intervene in the USD/VND exchange rate since April 19, the greenback price has remained high, which has been directly affecting many domestic enterprises.

Pepper prices are forecast to soon exceed 100,000 VND per kilo on the domestic market.

The sharp increase in the dollar price has caused many domestic companies to face difficulties.

HCM City could issue bonds for overseas Vietnamese to buy to fund the city’s infrastructure projects, a conference on channeling remittance into infrastructure heard on April 23.

The VN-Index on the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) finished lower at 1,177.4 points, down 12.82 points, or 1.08 per cent. The index gained over 15 points in the previous session, thanks to rising risk appetite.

Remittances to HCM City reached US$9.46 billion in 2023, nearly three times higher than foreign direct investment (FDI),

The advantages and potential of Việt Nam’s northern border province of Lào Cai were introduced to Japanese firms at an investment and tourism promotion conference in Tokyo on April 23.

As of the end of March, Việt Nam exported 3,141 tonnes of chilli peppers, worth US$8.1 million, representing an increase of 17.6 per cent in volume and 52.8 per cent in value over the same period of 2023.

A seminar aimed at channeling overseas remittances into infrastructure took place in Ho Chi Minh City on April 23, given that remittances to the city reached 9.46 billion USD in 2023, nearly three times higher than foreign direct investment (FDI), according to official statistics.

During discussions with ASEAN businesses, Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính outlined three priority areas and proposed three breakthroughs for ASEAN to lead global digital transformation.