A delegation of Dutch entrepreneurs is expected to come to Vietnam to seek partners and attend Vietnam International Sourcing 2023 which is slated to take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13 to 15, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in the Netherlands.

Lao Cai has prepared the best conditions to welcome enterprises and investors, particularly those from India, the provincial Party Committee Secretary Dang Xuan Phong said at an investment, trade and tourism promotion conference between the province and India held in New Delhi on July 25.

The number of tourist arrivals to Hanoi surged 2.5-fold in the first half of 2023 compared to a year earlier, attributable to the reform of tourism promotion activities, improvement of service quality, and upgrade of cultural facilities and hotels.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,746 VND/USD on July 26, down 16 VND from the previous session.

A delegation of about 50 Belgian entrepreneurs is expected to come to Vietnam to seek partners and attend Vietnam International Sourcing 2023, to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13 to 15, said the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

A conference took place in Tokyo on July 25 to connect Japanese investors with Vietnamese localities, industrial parks, and enterprises.

The first batch of two One Commune One Product (OCOP) products - turmeric starch and pink-fleshed Eureka lemon in honey - from the northern province of Hoa Binh, was exported to the UK on July 25.

Shrimp experts and businesses gathered at the Shrimp Summit 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City on July 25 to seek measures to tackle challenges facing the shrimp sector in Asia and the globe, ensuring the sustainability and climate change resilience of the sector.

The latest deposit interest rates at the four major banks have simultaneously decreased to the lowest level in one year.

The value of Vietnam's agro-forestry-fishery export to the European Union (EU) market reached 2.1 billion USD in the first half of this year, down 16.6% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The Government has assigned the Ministry of Finance to study a proposal to allow the State Bank of Vietnam to guarantee payment of bank bonds, just like with bank deposits.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,760 VND/USD on July 25, up 7 VND from the previous session.

Philippine tourists were the biggest spenders in Vietnam last year, according to the Statistical Yearbook 2022, recently released by the General Statistics Office.

Leaders of Vietnamese localities are more open to business opportunities, showing greater interest in seeking good technologies and economic development opportunities without being concerned about personal economic benefits or political advancement, President of the Israel-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (IVC) Einat Halevy Levine, who has 10 years of experience in the Vietnamese business environment, has said.

The competition in the Vietnamese confectionery market has become fiercer with the return of KIDO Group (KDC) two years ago.

As many banks have been stepping up bond redemption before maturity, experts warned that the activity can affect the banks’ ability to supply capital for the economy and boost credit growth in the remaining months of this year.

Although the export of goods has faced many difficulties, there have been encouraging signals in the past two months as enterprises and state management agencies have been actively implementing solutions to regain export momentum.

Foreign suppliers, such as Google, Apple, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, Netflix and TikTok, paid 3.94 trillion VND (169 million USD) in taxes in the first half of 2023, according to the General Department of Taxation (GDT).

More than 400 businesses from 22 nations and territories have registered to join the 21st international medical, hospital and pharmaceutical exhibition (Vietnam Medipharm Expo), which will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from August 3-5.

Chairman of Vietnam Rubber Association Tran Ngoc Thuan and his Lao counterpart Bounthong Buahom have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on boosting the sustainable development of the rubber industry in the two countries.