The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu continues to create favourable conditions for foreign investors, including those from India, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu said on December 27.

The total revenue to the State budget as of December 25 surpassed 1.69 quadrillion VND (nearly 69.5 billion USD), up 4.5% compared to the yearly estimate, heard a conference hosted by the Ministry of Finance in Hanoi on December 27.

Together with electronic devices, agricultural products like rice, coffee, tea, pepper, chilli, dragon fruit and processed food are Vietnam’s key export items to Guangdong, China, according to an official.

The banking sector will continue to face great challenges in 2024, especially those from bad debts when Circular 02/2023/TT-NHNN of the State Bank of Vietnam on credit institutions and foreign bank branches' debt rescheduling and maintaining loan categories to help clients in difficulties expires on June 30, 2024.

Vietnamese auto maker VinFast has announced its participation in Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2024, one of the biggest tech events in the world, taking place from January 9 - 12, 2024 in Las Vegas city, the US.

Việt Nam may record a year-on-year increase of 11 per cent in the rice export volume in 2023 to over eight million tonnes.

FTAs with new markets such as Israel and the UAE will create more opportunities to promote trade and investment, especially exports, of Việt Nam in 2024

The combination of decreased interest rates and the perception of gold as a safe investment increased demand for gold jewellery, and overall market uncertainty further contributed to the rising domestic gold price.

The three-circuit 500-kW transmission line from Quảng Trạch in the central province of Quảng Bình to Phố Nối in the northern province of Hưng Yên, must be complete and put into full operation in June 2024 to transmit electricity to the northern region.

The People’s Committee of the south central province of Binh Dinh has granted approval and investment licences to 22 investment projects worth over 12.7 trillion VND (529.1 million USD) this year, showing the province's attractiveness to investors.

Vietnam needs to adopt various solutions, particularly those to improve the quality of human resources to increase productivity, in order to achieve the 2024 growth target set by the National Assembly, said Nguyen Thi Huong, head of the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam attracted nearly 36.61 billion USD of foreign direct investment (FDI) this year to December 20, a rise of 32.1% year on year, according to the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The latest Economic Insight report for Southeast Asia, commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Oxford Economics, forecasted that Việt Nam's economy to grow by 4.7 per cent in 2023.

The prices of Vietnamese coffee are forecast to continue to increase next year due to severe supply shortage, according to the Vietnam Coffee-Cocoa Association (Vicofa).

The domestic gold price has continued its rising trend, hitting a new record of 80 million VND (3,291 USD) per tael (37.5 grams) on December 26 noon.

The Sai Gon Railway Transport Joint Stock Company (Saratrans) has initially added 3,000 tickets for the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays – the biggest festival in a year of Vietnamese people.

The Vietnam Aviation Administration has reported that  Hà Nội - HCM City route has consistently ranked among the top four busiest domestic routes in the world.

With the Lunar New Year 2024 coming up, Bắc Giang Province has developed a plan to ensure there is enough supply of essential goods for citizens.

Recognising local cooperation as a crucial component of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Việt Nam and China, the northern province of Bắc Ninh has been focusing on expanding its economic cooperation with Chinese businesses and localities in recent years.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has started a review process on anti-dumping measures for H-shaped steel products originating from China.