At the dialogue, President Widodo suggested the two countries step up dialogues and high-quality cooperation to realise their common vision of becoming high-income nations by 2045.

Despite facing Asian powerhouse Japan in their opening match of the 2023 Asian Cup on January 14, head coach Philippe Troussier believed his side can cause an upset.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo on January 13 made a field trip to VinFast electric vehicle manufacturing complex in the northern port city of Hai Phong as part of his state visit to Vietnam.

The Swiss-Viet Economic Forum (SVEF) made its debut at a ceremony held on January 12 in Zurich city, aiming to foster collaboration, innovation, and sustainable growth between Vietnamese and Swiss enterprises.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo co-chaired a high-level business dialogue in Hanoi on January 13 morning as part of the latter’s state visit to Vietnam.

Home loans will be a driver for retail credit growth in the near future as interest rates keep cooling down and the real estate market recovers from the second half of 2024, analysts predicted.

Online shopping and hunting for promotional items has become a habit of many people, especially Gen Z, or individuals born in the mid-90s.

Analysts from Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS) say they expect a recovery of the real estate market from the second half of this year when the actual demand for buying houses to live in is still high and the need for property investment increases again.

Currently 70 per cent of businesses have changed their strategies and have had many export orders.

The launching ceremony of Three Country Chapters in ASEAN of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance took place in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of January 12.

A set of specific criteria and mechanisms are needed for localities to make planning schemes and handle the relations between modernisation and urban heritage preservation in the process of urbanisation, insiders said.

Constructing the Key Industrial Law aims to establish an independent, self-reliant and resilient industrial base.

VOSCO has been unable to pay cash dividends for over 12 years.

The credit risk-weighted (CRW) for loans to buy social houses and houses under the Government’s support programmes and projects will be reduced by half to a maximum of 50 per cent.

Condominium primary selling prices in both cities remained high, especially in Hà Nội, with primary prices recording rapid growth mainly due to the large quantity of new supply in the high-end segment. 

The capital city's industry and trade sector aimed to increase the added value of the industry by about 7 - 7.5 per cent this year.

The launching ceremony of Three Country Chapters in ASEAN of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area Entrepreneurs Alliance took place in Ho Chi Minh City on the evening of January 12.

According to the latest data from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), by December 31, 2023, credit increased by about 13.71 per cent compared to the end of 2022, not significantly lower than the 14.18 per cent increase of the previous year.

Vietnam expects to have 108 social housing projects with over 47,500 apartments completed in 2024, according to the Ministry of Construction.

The Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) continued slashing deposit interest rates on January 12, with the lowest standing at 1.7% per year.