National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines and Expedia Group, one of the world’s biggest travel groups based in the US, have announced that they will expand their cooperation to a global scale.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 suggested US healthcare giant Abbott expand its investment and upgrade the quality of its pharmaceutical manufacturing plants in Vietnam, thus helping promote the domestic pharmaceutical industry.

The Australian Cotton Trade Delegation to Vietnam is organising a series of activities in Ho Chi Minh City, Hue and Hanoi from August 7-11 to strengthen relations between Vietnam’s textile manufacturers and Australian cotton producers.

The Vietnamese and Iranian economies are reciprocal, and the two countries have a lot of potential to advance their economic and trade cooperation, making it match the good bilateral political and diplomatic relations, heard a forum on August 9.

The Government has introduced measures to stimulate credit growth to spur the economy, but experts are concerned loans could flow into risky industries that are the most capital thirsty with high absorption capacity.

The international wood material, woodworking machinery fair –BIFA WOOD Vietnam 2023 opened in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 9 with nearly 800 booths from 100 leading enterprises in the industry both at home and abroad.

Hanoi has emerged as a bright spot as it was one of the leading localities in terms of tourism revenue during the early months of 2023, according to Savills Vietnam.

A delegation from the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) and the Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (LEFASO) joined the 16th edition of the Sourcing at Magic (Magic Show) in the US city of Las Vegas from August 7-9, with 20 stalls.

The northern province of Hung Yen has overfulfilled the 2023 target for state budget revenue from domestic sources, excluding land use fees, in just the first half of the year.

A fast-growing international network has become the highlight of Vietjet as the multinational airline constantly reaches new global destinations. The expansion has fuelled a boom in trade, tourism and cultural exchange everywhere it flies to.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Phan Thi Thang and Additional Secretary of the Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry Rajesh Agrawal co-chaired the 5th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint Sub-Commission on Trade in New Delhi on August 8.

So far this year, the service sector in the northern province of Hung Yen has been recovering strongly as total retail sales of goods and services topped 52 trillion VND (USD 2.2 billion), increasing by over 163% over the same period last year.

The southern province of Binh Phuoc is working towards the goal of raising the contributions of the digital economy to the local gross domestic product (GDP) to 20% by 2025, heard a conference recently held by the provincial People’s Committee.

Tien Giang province has aimed to become an economic locomotive in the Mekong Delta region, which comes as part of a draft plan for the province’s socio-economic development during the period 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050.

The Vietnam Airlines Group, which comprises Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and the Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), will provide nearly 400,000 seats on domestic flights during the peak period from August 31-September 5, in order to meet demand during the National Day (September 2) holiday.

Despite strong efforts and more positive signals recorded, Vietnam’s economic growth stood at only 3.72% in the first half of 2023, putting heavy pressure on the realisation of this year’s GDP growth target of 6.5%, said Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong.

A delegation from the US state of California including representatives from the San Francisco Bay Area Council and the Vietnamese-American Business Association (VABA), led by Mayor of Oakland Sheng Thao, visited and held a working session with leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Long An on August 8.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Embassy in India and the host country’s PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry jointly organised a business forum between the two countries on the evening of August 7 in New Delhi.

Authorities of the southernmost province of Ca Mau have rolled out a series of measures to fulfill socio-economic tasks set for 2023.

The State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC) in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) held a ceremony in Hanoi on August 8 to launch a manual on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and reporting.