Economy Traveloka partners with Cebu Pacific to boost travel to the Philippines Philippines is a beautiful archipelago in Southeast Asia and is one of the top destinations for Vietnamese tourists. 05/18/2024 13:59 | Vietnam news Local heavy industry producer hands over two cranes to Chu Lai port 05/18/2024 13:57 | Vietnam news Promoting e-commerce human resources training in Việt Nam 05/18/2024 10:48 | Vietnam news Tan Son Nhat airport sees passenger dip during just-ended holiday 05/02/2024 19:51 | VietnamPlus 1 VietnamPlus | 07/25/2023 08:55 Filipinos biggest spenders in Vietnam in 2022: report Philippine tourists were the biggest spenders in Vietnam last year, according to the Statistical Yearbook 2022, recently released by the General Statistics Office. 2 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 19:04 Vietnam is more open to business opportunities: Israeli expert Leaders of Vietnamese localities are more open to business opportunities, showing greater interest in seeking good technologies and economic development opportunities without being concerned about personal economic benefits or political advancement, President of the Israel-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (IVC) Einat Halevy Levine, who has 10 years of experience in the Vietnamese business environment, has said. 3 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 18:38 Vietnam confectionary market competition heats up The competition in the Vietnamese confectionery market has become fiercer with the return of KIDO Group (KDC) two years ago. 4 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 18:23 Banks’ H2 credit growth likely to be affected by bond buybacks As many banks have been stepping up bond redemption before maturity, experts warned that the activity can affect the banks’ ability to supply capital for the economy and boost credit growth in the remaining months of this year. 5 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 17:20 Measures needed to regain export momentum in second half of this year Although the export of goods has faced many difficulties, there have been encouraging signals in the past two months as enterprises and state management agencies have been actively implementing solutions to regain export momentum. 6 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 16:15 Foreign suppliers pay taxes of nearly 170 million USD in H1 Foreign suppliers, such as Google, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Netflix and TikTok, paid 3.94 trillion VND (169 million USD) in taxes in the first half of 2023, according to the General Department of Taxation (GDT). 7 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 15:54 Over 400 domestic, foreign firms to attend Vietnam Medipharm Expo in HCM City More than 400 businesses from 22 nations and territories have registered to join the 21st international medical, hospital and pharmaceutical exhibition (Vietnam Medipharm Expo), which will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 3-5. 8 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 15:48 Laos, Vietnam cooperate to improve exported rubber quality Chairman of Vietnam Rubber Association Tran Ngoc Thuan and his Lao counterpart Bounthong Buahom have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on boosting the sustainable development of the rubber industry in the two countries. 9 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 15:34 ADB appoints new country director for Vietnam The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on July 24 appointed Shantanu Chakraborty as its new Country Director for Vietnam, succeeding Andrew Jeffries who ended his term as Country Director on April 27. 10 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 15:10 Bac Giang lures 1.5 billion USD in investment in seven months Bac Giang province ranked second among provinces and cities nationwide in terms of FDI attraction in the first half of the year, after only the capital city of Hanoi. 11 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 14:26 Binh Dinh takes drastic measures to fight IUU fishing The Party Committee and People’s Committee of the south-central coastal province of Binh Dinh have been taking drastic measures to fight illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing since 2018. 12 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 11:47 RoK shipbuilding companies look to Vietnam for workers Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai, two out of the “Big Three” shipbuilders of the Republic of Korea (RoK), are looking to Vietnam to secure workers amid the Korean industry's lingering workforce shortage, according to industry officials. 13 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 10:34 UK to recognise Vietnam as market economy The UK is set to recognise that Vietnam’s industries are operating in a market economy and will not impose unfavourable rules should they be investigated under trade defence measures, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam. 14 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 10:30 President Thuong's visit expected to boost Vietnam-Italy economic relations President Vo Van Thuong’s upcoming State visit to Italy is expected to boost bilateral trade and bring cooperation opportunities for the businesses of the two countries, which share many similarities in economic structure with many small and medium enterprises. Their economies are complementary to each other in terms of industries and products. 15 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 09:55 Two new regulations on financial activities to take effect from August New regulations on the operation of money exchange agents of bordering countries and eligibility requirements for foreign loans without the Government’s guarantee will officially take effect from August, 2023. 16 VietnamPlus | 07/24/2023 08:48 Reference exchange rate up 19 VND at week’s beginning The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,753 VND/USD on July 24, down 19 VND from the last working day of previous week (July 21). 17 VietnamPlus | 07/23/2023 17:37 Vietnamese products becoming closer to Singaporean consumers More high-quality Vietnamese products have reached consumers in Singapore thanks to the efforts of the Vietnam Trade Office in the Southeast Asian country and FairPrice, a reputable Singaporean retailer. 18 VietnamPlus | 07/23/2023 09:39 HCM City’s enterprises keep pace with growth momentum With flourishing economic results in the first six months of this year, many enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City expect to keep pace with the growth momentum to accelerate their production and business activities in the coming months. 19 VietnamPlus | 07/22/2023 17:48 Promotion activities needed to boost Vietnam-Austria trade ties: official It is necessary to further step up trade promotion activities and disseminate information to the business community about the benefits of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to take advantage of strengths of both Vietnam and Austria to further boost bilateral trade ties. 20 VietnamPlus | 07/22/2023 17:16 Vietnam, US talks climate finance solutions Vietnamese and US officials discussed economic outlooks and climate finance at a meeting held by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the Foreign Trade University (FTU) in Hanoi on July 21. 215 216 217 218 219