The Draft Law even includes proposals to include influencers in advertising controls, with amendments and provisions up for discussion at the National Assembly in October 2024. A key area of focus is the regulation of social media advertising, which has sparked significant interest and debate among the public.

Personal data has been leaked and posted publicly, and it has become a source of information for automated collection programmes used by fake websites or cybercrime organisations.

The event drew 40 businesses, associations and chambers of commerce of the three North African countries and 40 Vietnamese firms.

KIDO Group Corporation has announced an increase in its stake in Hùng Vương Joint Stock Company (Hùng Vương Plaza) to 75.39 per cent.

Coffee exporting enterprises and authorities need to build an ecosystem to effectively utilise free trade agreements (FTA) to develop the industry, experts have said.

Despite a sharp drop in liquidity, the VN-Index was able to hold steady around the 1,280 point mark.

Accordingly, the price of E5RON92 bio-fuel was cut by VNĐ92 per litre from the base price to be not higher than VNĐ20,332 (US$0.82) per litre, while that of RON95-III fell by VNĐ208 to VNĐ21,109 per litre at the maximum.

Banks with high outstanding loans can proactively increase their credit growth quota without having to send proposals and get approvals from the central bank, the SBV announced on Wednesday.

Two-way trade between Việt Nam and Hungary reached US$506.7 million in the first seven months of this year, down 11.7 per cent year-on-year.

National Assembly (NA) Vice Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Thanh received in Hà Nội on Wednesday visiting Minister of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises and Startups Oh Young Joo of the Republic of Korea, proposing the guest continue coordination with Vietnamese agencies to strengthen economic cooperation and promote the implementation of measures to increase bilateral trade.

Technical requirements for Việt Nam’s passion fruits were agreed and the process will now move to the next step of implementing legal procedures.

At the meeting, MPI Minister Nguyễn Chú Dũng expressed confidence that the committee's activities, supported by research institutes and SME associations, will lead to effective joint projects, particularly in high-tech agriculture, food processing, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and electronics. He also highlighted the importance of integrating Vietnamese SMEs into the RoK  and global supply chains, reaffirming the ministry’s commitment to supporting business development.

A workshop was held in Sydney Wednesday to promote the trade and investment cooperation between the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai and New South Wales state of Australia.

Facing fierce challenges in the international markets, Vietnamese honey has been looking at the domestic market, according to industry insiders and experts.

Việt Nam is grappling with significant real estate inventory that could comprise nearly 80 per cent of some developers’ assets, raising concerns of potential bad debt and macroeconomic stability, experts warned.

HCM City should attract more foreign brands and develop iconic shopping areas to enhance shopping tourism, experts have said.

The SBV this week also continued to reduce the bill interest rate from 4.2 per cent per year to 4.15 per cent per year.

Leading the market's uptrend on Wednesday were key stocks in the banking and manufacturing sectors.

Vice Chairman of the Bắc Giang Provincial People's Committee Lê Ô Pích said that the province has focused on various measures to promote the development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the final months of 2024.

The 2024 Sourcing Fair of Supporting Industry with Buyers (SFS) that opened in HCM City on August 28 seeks to link up Vietnamese parts suppliers with foreign and domestic manufacturing firms.