As a top 20 food-exporting country, Việt Nam has great potential to tap into the rapidly growing global halal industry, a workshop heard in HCM City on Thursday.

Authorities of the northern border province of Lạng Sơn and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China held an online signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop a pilot smart border gate.

The northern port city of Hải Phòng presented investment certificates to 12 major foreign direct investment (FDI) projects worth US$1.8 billion at a ceremony on Thursday.

Intelligent environmental monitoring, carbon emission reduction, customisable platforms for energy applications, multi-factor authentication, and smart city development using 5G technology were among the topics discussed at a seminar on “How Does Smart Tech Shape a Smart City” in HCM City on November 14.

In the first ten months of 2024 condotel prices in Đà Nẵng increased by 22 per cent compared to the same period in 2023.

Further comprehensive and in-depth studies must be carried out to fully evaluate the impact of a proposed tax increase on alcoholic beverages, said participants at a conference to gather opinions and feedback on the proposed tax organised by the Vietnam Economic Association (VEA).

The central provincial department of Agriculture and Rural Development has included ten OCOPs (One Commune One Product) – for promotion and introduction into the US market.

Real estate business credit and the proportion of individual corporate bond issuance have continued to increase sharply, with credit in the third quarter reaching VNĐ1.3 quadrillion.

Market breadth was negative, with 230 stocks declining, 78 advancing and 55 remaining unchanged.

The establishment of a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) integrated with a deep-sea port, a logistics zone and a production zone and a trade and service zone will help Đà Nẵng become a national and ASEAN regional centre of logistics and transhipment.

In the first nine months of 2024, Việt Nam's exports of rattan, bamboo, sedge and carpet products reached US$594.8 million.

Bilateral trade turnover between the two countries hit $2.28 billion in the first nine months of the year.

The fair will be divided into two sections: the China Pavilion and the Việt Nam Pavilion.

The event was part of Long An's investment and trade promotion programme in Europe.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea (RoK) announced on Wednesday that Jeil Engineering and Construction is breaking ground on a cold chain logistics complex today in Nam Đình Vũ Industrial Park, Hải Phòng.

The flights will operate daily between January 14, 2024 and February 12, 2025.

The 'Startup Genome Global Startup Ecosystem' report was released at the Saigon Summit recently.

The factory requires over 100,000 square metres of land and an investment of VNĐ2.7 trillion (US$106.3 million).

The partnership between VIB and Flywire allows customers to optimise the payment experience with just a few simple steps on a single sign-on secured online platform, the Vietnamese bank said in a statement. 

The announcement was made at a roundtable discussion and Việt Nam–Sweden business forum in Stockholm on Tuesday.