The inflow of foreign capital also lifted the market's indices.

There remains room for Vietnam and Hong Kong (China) to cooperate in a range of fields from trade and investment to services, finance and logistics, heard the Vietnam-Hong Kong Business & Investment Matching held in Ho Chi Minh City on November 20.

An event was held in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on November 20 to review a project on promoting sustainable production and trade of Vietnamese pepper.

Amidst fierce competition with road and air transport, the railway sector has worked on improving its service quality in recent times to bring new experiences to passengers, and achieved excellent results.

Vietnam’s vegetable export revenue is forecast to reach about 1-1.5 billion USD by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The lack of initial public offerings (IPOs) from new market entrants makes it difficult for the securities market of Vietnam, which is dominated by banking stocks, to attract foreign capital.

With a focus on maximising competitive advantages and harnessing available resources, Bắc Giang Province aims to become a globally competitive region with a robust and sustainable export-import structure by 2030.

The first batch of Vietnamese bird's nests has smoothly gone through customs at the Youyi Guan international border gate in Pingxiang city, the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China, to enter China, according to Chinese media.

The airfares will be available at www.vietjetair.com or the Vietjet Air mobile app for the flying period from January 1 to October 31, 2024, according to Vietjet. 

A conference promoting business opportunities and connection between the northern port city of Hai Phong and Indian partners has been held in both face-to-face and online formats as part of the Red River Delta – Hai Phong Industry and Trade Fair hosted by the municipal People’s Committee.

Cumulatively, the province now has 2,075 valid FDI projects with a total registered investment capital of more than $24.6 billion.

Ho Chi Minh City topped the first-ever Vietnam Provincial Logistics Competitiveness Index (LCI) 2022, followed by Hai Phong, Binh Duong, and Ba Ria – Vung Tau and Hanoi, according to a report recently announced by the Vietnam Logistics Association (VLA).

As of the end of September, the southern economic hub had received more than US$6.68 billion in remittances, a year-on-year surge of 40 per cent and equivalent to 101.3 per cent of last year’s figure.

The market is anticipated to experience fluctuations within the range of 1,095 to 1,115 points as it seeks to assess and balance the dynamics of supply and demand.

Amid difficulties in the world market, greater attention should be paid to promoting the domestic market, one of the "healthy" pillars at present of the economy, to boost growth, according to Prof. Dr. Bui Quang Tuan, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics.

Earlier this month, EVN said the retail price of electricity increased by 4.5 per cent to over VNĐ2,000 (8.2 US cents) per kWh starting from November 9, the second time they went up this year.

Investors of transportation BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) projects must look to diversify their financing as domestic commercial banks have not been willing to loosen the purse string, said the State Bank of Vietnam.

The Vietnam Export Promotion Forum 2023 with the theme of “green export promotion” will be held in Hanoi on November 24, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has announced.

Over the past few months, the industrial hub of Bình Dương Province has recorded signs of economic recovery.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade is focusing on improving provinces’ capabilities in helping local businesses take advantage of free trade agreements such as the UKVFTA and EVFTA, including by issuing a FTA Index by the end of 2023.