Liquidity doubled from the previous session.

The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has signed a letter of interest (LOI) with electric vehicles maker VinFast considering the Vietnamese company's application for a 500 million USD loan for expansion, VinFast said on December 4.

Businesses in the southern province of Binh Duong are trying to follow green production models. They have defined their sustainable development with vital support from authorities and agencies.

The province aims to establish itself as a centre for the application of high-tech forestry and wood processing.

The Việt Nam Government and the bank exchanged five memorandums of understanding (MoUs), valued at approximately US$3 billion in sustainable financing to support five local businesses in achieving their sustainability goals

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement between Vietjet Air of Vietnam and Lao Airlines, and the announcement of a new air route linking Vientiane and Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam at Wattay International Airport in the capital city of Laos on December 4.

An upcoming forum on realising the goals of LNG (liquefied natural gas) electricity development as outlined in the national power development plan for 2021-30 is slated for December 7 in the capital city.

The starting price is set at VNĐ12,200 per share (US$0.5 a share) and foreign investors are not permitted to purchase shares.

Vietnamese handicraft producers are among nearly 2,600 companies from 86 countries taking part in "Artigiano in Fiera", an international craft exhibition running in Milan, Italy from December 2 to 10.

The Global Affairs Canada through the Expert Deployment Mechanism for Trade and Development (EDM) provided a training course on improving intellectual property (IP) management capacity for a delegation from the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Ministry of Finance from November 27 to December 2.

Experts predict that from now until the end of this year, retail sales of goods and services may increase again as the domestic economy is gradually recovering and disbursement of public investment continues to be promoted.

Vietnam is among the 10 biggest producers of construction ceramics and has the fourth largest ceramic tile output, according to Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh.

The HCM CITY People's Committee has ordered relevant agencies and departments to add an additional 4,000 hectares of land for industrial production.

Circular 69/2023/TT-BTC, amending and supplementing several articles of Circular 57/2021/TT-BTC issued on July 12, 2021, will come into effect on December 30, 2023.

The GSO said enterprises have made efforts to find orders to complete the year's production and business plans and prepare goods to serve consumption at the end of the year so industrial production in November continued a positive trend.

SJC gold price has increased by more than VNĐ3 million per tael in November.

The Government will conduct an inspection of credit growth management by the central bank in response to low credit growth.

The average CPI in the first 11 months expanded by 1.8 per cent year-on-year, the department said. 

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính met representatives from the Copenhagen Infrastructure Partner (CIP) and the Enteprize Energy Group (EE) – two of the leading energy groups of Denmark and the UK respectively - in Dubai on December 3, on the sidelines of the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28).

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