Many Singaporean enterprises are interested in opportunities for cooperation with Vinh Phuc in such areas as education, health care and tourism, Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam said during a working visit to this northern province on April 15.

The Horasis China Meeting 2024 themed “Vietnam and China drive ahead” opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on April 15.

The planning for 30 airports, both international and domestic, is expected to be completed by 2025 under a master plan on airport development for 2021-2030 with a vision towards 2050.

According to the Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA), its members sold a total of 27,289 units in March, up 135 per cent against February.

603 projects in industrial zones nationwide have been revamped for greener, more resource-efficient operations, resulting in an annual reduction of 8,910 tonnes of CO2 emissions.

The plan included 22 reserve departments in cities and provinces across the country, who are put in charge of 196 bidding packages to purchase domestically produced, long grain 15 per cent broken rice, milled from the 2024 Spring harvest.

Vietnam's agricultural products were sold well in foreign markets in Q1, with a surge in both volume and prices documented.

The value of the deal was not disclosed, but it mentioned that the funds would be utilised for operational activities and business expansion.

This batch of turbine towers is part of a supply contract between CS Wind and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (Siemens Gamesa).

Building and developing product brands is a common responsibility of the whole society, not a single ministry, sector, locality, or organisation, said Vu Ba Phu, Director of the Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) at the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

China, the US and Japan were the three largest importers of Vietnam’s fishery products in the first quarter of this year, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

A series of activities within the framework of the programme to support businesses in digital transformation for 2021-2025 have been implemented by the Enterprise Development Department (EDD) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) in collaboration with ministries, sectors, and localities, concentrating on raising awareness of digital transformation among businesses nationwide.

Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce affirmed that Việt Nam and Paraguay hold huge cooperation potential in the areas of economy, trade and investment.

The district of Minh Hòa, Quảng Bình Province has many advantages in developing beekeeping for honey, but it is facing many difficulties in building a brand and finding outlets to sell honey products.

The businesses said there has not been enough evidence to start an investigation into Chinese HRC imported to Việt Nam. Furthermore, they stressed the importance of careful study of the impacts on the Vietnamese steel industry, as well as the entire economy, in the event anti-dumping measures are implemented.

Besides building a database of business households to effectively manage the business sector, the project will also popularise and improve the capacity of business households on the environment; food safety and hygiene; and management, accounting and financial capacity.

Specifically, 45.4 per cent of enterprises forecast their production and business activities in Q2 2024 will be more positive than Q1 2024, while 36.6 per cent of enterprises predict a stable production and business for the period.

Total loans outstanding at banks in HCM City as of the end of March were worth over VNĐ3.57 quadrillion (US$142.57 billion), a 1.9 per cent increase from the previous month, and 9.45 per cent up year-on-year, according to the central bank.

Although the gold price climbed to its peak in many consecutive sessions and set new records, the gold price continuously plummeted in the last two sessions of the week.

Paraguayan Minister of Industry and Commerce Javier Gimenez has expressed his hope to expand economic cooperation with Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a whole.