Vietnam Airlines is scheduled to launch direct flights from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to Manila, the Philippines, from June 17.

Vingroup JSC has announced that Vincom Retail is no longer its subsidiary.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on April 8 for Sergey Ivanovich Kudryashov, General Director of Russia’s Zarubezhneft JSC, who is on a working visit to Vietnam to seek cooperation opportunities in oil and gas and energy.

The plan focuses on improving business efficiency, speeding up digital transformation and the implementation of banking strategy renewal project, and transforming operational model to meet evolving market requirements.

With 652,000 tonnes of coffee exported to the EU worth 1.66 billion USD in 2023, Vietnam was the second biggest coffee supplier of the EU in terms of volume and third largest supplier in terms of value.

The Land Law (revised) passed in January by the National Assembly (NA) is a huge step forward that demonstrates the attention of the Party, the State, the Government, and the NA in protecting the rights of overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and Vietnamese citizens residing abroad, according to Dr. Phan Bich Thien, member of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Chairwoman of the Vietnamese Women's Association in Hungary.

Vingroup no longer owns Vincom Retail, but retains an 18.4 per cent equity stake. A new Vietnamese investor group has purchased a 55 per cent stake in SDI for around VNĐ4.8 trillion.

The MPI is in the process of completing the law draft, including the six policy groups, to create conditions for building large IPs, meeting the requirements of supply chain development and green and digital economic development as current directions.

The largest dairy company in Việt Nam targets a revenue of more than VNĐ63.16 trillion (US$2.5 billion) this year

Vietnam has so far drawn nearly 500 billion USD in registered FDI capital after nearly four decades of opening up its economy, with investment quality improvement considered a key task for a new breakthrough phase ahead, the Ha Noi Moi newspaper assessed in its recent article.

Vietnam will issue a price framework to purchase electricity from Laos for the period after 2025 in the second quarter of this year, said Minister of Trade and Industry Nguyen Hong Dien.

A draft proposal to increase special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages may hurt the Vietnamese beverage industry's ability to compete on their home turf, putting the entire supply chain at risk, said industry insiders.

The Authority of Information Safety under the Ministry of Information and Communications has warned about the increase of cyberattacks in Việt Nam, especially ransomware in which cybercriminals seize and encrypt data, then ask for ransom payment.

Vice chairman of the Vietnam Association of Financial Investors (VAFI) Nguyễn Hoàng Hải said that paying additional tax will erode Vietnamese beverage makers' competitive advantages.

The provincial people’s committee unveiled that seven FDI projects committed an investment of $124.4 million, while domestic businesses agreed to put VNĐ3.89 trillion ($155.76 million) in nine projects in the central province.

Failure to submit, or submissions made after the deadline, will result in accountability to the Government and Prime Minister, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên.

Southeast Asia saw nearly 43 million local threats targeting businesses in 2023, according to data from global cybersecurity company Kaspersky.

Vietnam’s total export-import turnover hit USD 178.04 billion in the first quarter of this year, up 15.5 percent year-on-year. Exports increased by 17 percent and imports by 13.9 percent.

The central bank is calling on lenders to facilitate access to capital for businesses, while also maintaining lending standards to ensure the safety of credit amid low demand. 

More than 163,000 new trader accounts were created during March this year, an increase of over 50,000 accounts compared to January, marking March the month with the most accounts created in the last six months, according to the Vietnam Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation (VSDC).