Ho Chi Minh City’s industrial production has been trending upward between January and October, with high consumption indexes on some of its major products, and in some industrial sectors.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance on November 1 decided to continue raising the retail prices of petrol products.

Hanoi's consumer price index (CPI) in the first ten months of 2023 increased by 1.51% year on year, the municipal Statistics Department has reported.

The Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) as reported by S&P Global, edged down to 49.6 in October from 49.7 in the previous month, indicating a second consecutive monthly decline in the manufacturing sector.

Ho Chi Minh City’s financial sector has forecast that the southern economic hub’s budget revenue collection may face a shortfall of 4-5% this year as compared to the assigned estimate, mainly due to a decrease in revenue collection from import-export activities.

Although most businesses believe that the food and beverage industry market will improve in the remaining months of this year, 15.4% of respondents in a recent survey of Vietnam Report think that the industry will face more difficulties.

With a desire to become an important marine infrastructure not only to Nghi Son Economic Zone of Thanh Hoa province but also to the whole north central region, the construction of Long Son container port No. 3 is expected to become an advanced shipping port of the country.

Vietnam is an important trading partner of Canada in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and this will open up chances for stronger cooperation between the two countries to expand Canadian goods and services’ presence in Asia, said co-chair of the Canada - ASEAN Business Council (CABC) Janet De Silva.

Small scale, limited production level and operation capacity are barriers that create difficulties in deploying sales of businesses and cooperatives in localities on digital platforms.

Localities in the Mekong Delta region have been offering incentives and taking a range of solutions to lure more investment inflows into agriculture and rural development, in line with the region's potential and strength.

Steering towards green and sustainable development with an extensive international network, Vietjet Aviation Joint Stock Company has reported impressive performance during the first nine months of 2023.

The Government has issued Resolution No 178/NQ-CP on an action plan for implementing the Politburo’s Conclusion No 49-KL/TW on the development orientation of Vietnam's railway transport to 2030 with a vision towards 2045.

A national e-commerce week will be held from November 27 to December 3, while Vietnam Online Friday 2023 is scheduled to run from December 1-3, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

In the 2021-25 period, the Government expects total State budget revenue to reach more than VNĐ8.4 quadrillion, equal to 101 per cent of the plan; and the rate of State budget revenue to be about 16.4 per cent of GDP.

Masan Group Corporation had net revenues of 57.47 trillion VND (2.34 billion USD) in the first nine months of the year, a 3.5% rise year-in-year, according to its recent unaudited financial reports.

A forum was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 31 to boost cooperation and development in the Halal industry in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

Vietnam’s seaport throughput rebounded in the first 10 months of this year, reaching over 624.55 million tonnes, up 3% year on year, said a leader from the Vietnam Maritime Administration (VMA).

The industrial production of southern Binh Phuoc province has been recovering despite economic difficulties of Vietnam and the world.

Ben Tre is striving to become one of the provinces leading the Mekong Delta region in terms of the sea-based economy.

The annual revenue of Vietnam’s game industry has exceeded 500 million USD, ranking fifth in Southeast Asia, and huge potential remains for this industry to grow further, heard the Vietnam Gamemaker Conference on October 31.