The Dai Phong infrastructure construction company of Vietnam and JiaWei Corporation from Taiwan (China) signed a project development agreement at a ceremony in the northern province of Nam Dinh on August 14.

The Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) has announced that after six years of operation, the derivative stock market has shown positive and stable growth, with active trading and an increasing number of investors.

Despite the difference in policies of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) and the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the USD/VND exchange rate has remained stable to date thanks to a trade surplus and a bright economic outlook of Vietnam in the second half of 2023, experts said.

Effective logistics cooperation with the UAE will play a significant role in promoting Vietnam's trade exchange with the Middle East and other regions around the world, Director of the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Asian-African Market Department Tran Quang Huy said at a workshop in Hanoi on August 14.

The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) has created new opportunities for Vietnamese businesses, but they still need equip themselves with necessary skills to avoid losses and tap into this deal.

The bidding package on construction and equipment installation of Passenger Terminal T3 at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City will be implemented by a joint venture of six contractors, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has announced.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam have gradually recovered with many large-scale investment projects following the COVID-19 pandemic as well as political and economic uncertainties in the world.

The northern province of Hung Yen has taken a series of measures to improve the effectiveness of economic development in land areas for cultivating staple crops, excluding rice.

Vietnam’s economic growth is likely to rebound in 2024 and 2025, according to Dorsati Madani, Senior Economist at the World Bank (WB).

Yuri Stoyanov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russia’s Stilsoft Group, has suggested Vietnamese businesses cooperate with his firm in the field of earth observation satellites.

The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance said it will work harder to better its tax management over foreign service providers to avert losses to the State budget.

Export targets of some forestry and aquatic products have been lowered due to various difficulties regarding prices and markets.

Amidst worsening environmental pollution and natural resource exhaustion, the circular economy model emerges as a visionary solution for the society and economy.

Vietnam’s economy has begun to gather steam again since the start of the third quarter of this year, helping consolidate confidence of businesses and investors, experts have said.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) is planning to coordinate with the State Bank of Vietnam in completing policies on preferential credit to support agricultural projects following value chains, applying high technologies and specialising in clean agriculture and production forest planting.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,848 VND/USD on August 14, up 11 VND from the last day of the previous week (August 11).

Developing green and sustainable ports has become a top priority, an inevitable trend not only for port operators but also managers and international associations, according to insiders

Vietnam aims for a model of coastal eco-cities that are smart, climate-resilient, and sustainably developed, where urban planning for coastal areas will centre around people, said insiders.

The insurance sector is attracting the attention of investors when it comes to investment portfolios because businesses in this group have recorded positive results in recent years.

Big data on e-commerce would help the tax watchdog to efficiently collect tax from foreign cross-border IT services providers, according to Nguyen Bang Thang, director of Tax Management Department of Large Enterprises.