Despite lingering risks related to tariffs and climate, Việt Nam’s 7.85 per cent GDP growth in the first nine months of 2025 reflects its resilience through policy reforms and economic diversification, ainvest.com noted.

Việt Nam is likely to lead the region with a growth rate of 6.6 per cent in 2025 – the highest among developing economies, according to the World Bank (WB) East Asia and Pacific Economic Update.

The Law on Insurance Business 2022 has contributed to promoting market development, but over time, there have been shortcomings that need to be amended to simplify administrative procedures, remove difficulties and create conditions for business development.

The association’s statistics showed that Việt Nam exported 10.544 tonnes of pepper worth US$69.3 million in the first half of September.

During the period, more than 231,000 enterprises entered or re-entered the market, up 26 per cent against the same period in 2024 and 1.32 times higher than the number of firms withdrawing.

The upgrade is expected to take effect on September 21, 2026, subject to an interim assessment in March 2026 to confirm Việt Nam’s progress in improving market access through global brokers.

The names in the top 10 in Q3 2025 did not change compared to the previous quarter, including VPS, SSI, TCBS, Vietcap, HSC, MBS, VNDirect, Mirae Asset, VCBS and KIS Vietnam.

Historical data suggests that the market tends to be vibrant, with liquidity surging in the six months leading up to the official upgrade announcement.

Green Future and Green Dream are Manulife’s investment-linked insurance produc developed in compliance with the new Insurance Business Law.

Viettel’s 5G network has recently reached 10 million users and is approaching its target of 12 million users by the end of this year.

A total of 2,281 claims were made for losses related to property and other non-life insurance coverage, with estimated damages adding up to more than VNĐ356.5 billion.

Credit has risen by about 11 per cent so far this year, making it impossible to rely solely on banking capital to drive economic growth while controlling bad debt risks. The focus must shift to fiscal policy and long-term capital mobilisation to minimise negative impacts on the economy.

For the new tenure, Vietnam Business Association in Japan (VJBA) will strengthen business connectivity between Việt Nam and Japan, promote digital transformation and competitiveness among member enterprises, expand strategic cooperation with both countries' authorities, and step up support for the Vietnamese community in Japan.

Bilateral trade reached 18.8 billion EUR last year, making Việt Nam Germany’s most important trading partner in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its sixth-largest partner in Asia.

A new master plan envisions transforming Mộc Bài Border Gate into a modern industrial-urban hub and a vital trade gateway linking Việt Nam with Cambodia and, further beyond, other ASEAN member countries.

As of September 2025, the central bank proposed cutting and simplifying 124 out of 298 administrative procedures, representing 41.6 per cent of the total. This initiative has reduced processing time by hundreds of days and saved more than VNĐ7.6 billion in costs.

The Ministry emphasises that the adjustment aims to balance the interests of both workers and businesses. Most companies are already paying above the proposed minimum wage, so the main impact would be higher contributions to compulsory insurance.

South Korea’s Lotte Group has reversed course on its plan to pull out of the stalled Eco Smart City project in HCM City, seeking to revive the US$760 million development less than two months after formally requesting to terminate it.

The province has 33 industrial parks with a total planned area of over 10,100 hectares as of now, with an occupancy rate of about 56 per cent.

Speaking at a press conference on October 6 to announce the country’s socio-economic performance in Q3 and the first nine months of the year, NSO Director Nguyễn Thị Hương said that September’s CPI increased by 2.61 per cent compared to December 2024 and by 3.38 per cent year-on-year.