Việt Nam’s cold storage landscape is localised and highly fragmented, with over 40 projects providing a total of 460,000 sq.m of cold chain warehouse space in 2022.

System planning is an important basis for overcoming discrepancies, limitations, and weaknesses in Vietnam’s tourism and creating breakthroughs for the industry to thrive during economic green transformation, said Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha.

Though the asset quality of banks in Vietnam will be temporarily under control until the end of 2023, experts said more attention should be paid to the issue in 2024 as bad debts are rising.

There will be tension in coffee supply sources. Việt Nam’s green coffee prices will continue to increase in 2024 and poised for a record export revenue of $5 billion.

Banks said about 70 per cent of assets, which are mortgaged at banks for loans, currently are real estate.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, as the leading agency for FTA negotiation and enforcement, has been enhancing connections with ministries, localities, associations, and stakeholders to establish a collaborative ecosystem to help the textile industry effectively leverage FTAs.

Establishing logistics chains connecting producers with traders is an urgent need to improve the effectiveness of agro-forestry-aquatic product exports, heard a roundtable conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 25.

The province's agricultural sector strives for a growth rate of at least 3 per cent in 2024. It also targets to have 120 OCOP products rated three or four stars. 

Vietnam is one of the countries that exports the most Christmas decoration products to the US. Among its export products to the US, candles used at Christmas achieved impressive export turnover.

The Government has given the green light to a bankruptcy resolution plan for the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) and its seven subsidiary companies.

From now to early 2025, Vietnam Machinery Installation Corp (LILAMA) will export to Saudi Arabia four electrolyser modules on average each month, which are used to produce green hydrogen, its General Director Le Van Tuan has announced.

Bắc Giang ranks 10th in the country in terms of disbursement rates among the group of 27 provinces and cities with higher disbursement rates.

The Government has greenlit a bankruptcy resolution plan for the Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (SBIC) and its seven subsidiary companies.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang has recently proposed to the Ministry of Planning and Investment to consider supporting the local authorities in building a logistics centre at the Tinh Bien International Border Gate in Tinh Bien town, according to Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Le Van Phuoc.

Top priorities have been given to fostering investment promotion activities and facilitating the implementation of existing projects, creating motivation to lure investment in the following years, the board said. 

Quảng Nam cinnamon had been a well-known spice and had created major income for ethnic minorities for many years.

During the period, the technology segment continued to play a key role.

Experts have predicted that gold prices, which reached a record high last week, may continue to rise in the short term, but the upward trend would be hard to sustain in the medium and long term.

My Khanh Tourism Village in Phong Dien district received a decision from the People’s Committee of Mekong Delta Can Tho city recognising it as a four-star “One Commune, One Product” (OCOP) product, on December 23.

Enterprises are sprinting on the last days of 2023 to compete their yearly production and business plans, and some are expanding their business activities to welcome the New Year 2024.