The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has set a target to increase the cashless payment ratio in e-commerce, especially e-payments through payment intermediaries or applications, to 50% by 2025.

The banking sector of the northern province of Bac Giang will roll out measures to speed up loan disbursement and improve credit growth for local socio-economic development, according to the provincial branch of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

A Vietnamese delegation attended the China (Bozhou)- RCEP Traditional Chinese Medicine Industry Cooperation Conference that took place on September 8 in Bozhou city, China’s Anhui province.

The US is currently one of the largest trading partners of Vietnam, and the coming State visit by President Joe Biden is expected to help further promote bilateral trade links.

Renowned for tea cultivation, the northern province of Thai Nguyen has developed community-based and agricultural tourism connected with its tea culture, thus attracting a large number of visitors from far and wide.

A Vietnam-Japan Investment Forum was held in Yokohama city of Japan's Kanagawa prefecture on September 8 as part of activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.

Taking full advantage of incentives for farm produce from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) in the new context was the theme of a seminar held in both in-person and online formats by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Hanoi on September 8.

The total State budget collection in the first eight months of this year was estimated at over 1,124 trillion VND (46.83 billion USD), or 69.45% of the estimate, down 8.8% year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Finance (MoF).

Vietnam remains an attractive destination for foreign businesses and customers throughout the HSBC network have continued to show very strong interest in the Vietnam story, the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) said in its recent survey.

Bayer Vietnam in coordination with the National Agricultural Extension Center (NAEC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has inaugurated the first ForwardFarm in Southeast Asia located in Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city.

The leading steel manufacturer Hoa Phat Group sold nearly 558,000 tonnes of steel in August, of which the volume of construction steel hit 306,000 tonnes, up 18% month-on-month and the highest since the beginning of this year.

Bac Giang province sets a goal of saving at least 2% of the total annual electricity consumption in the 2023 - 2025 period.

The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) of Vietnam, held a 2023 Australia Investment Forum in Ho Chi Minh City on September 8 to boost trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

Industrial parks developed by state-owned Viglacera Corp have attracted 12 billion USD in investment from more than 100 enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Aquatic product exporters have been advised to make the most of every market opportunity in the remaining months of this year to speed up the recovery process.

Vietnam has paid due attention to improving farmers’ capacity, making it easier for them to get access to financial instruments, as well as helping them seek market for agricultural products, Chairman of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Luong Quoc Doan said.

The extensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan is developing strongly, comprehensively and substantially with high political trust, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai said when receiving Muraoka Tsugumasa, Governor of Japan’s Yamaguchi prefecture, in Hanoi on September 7.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 7 received World Bank (WB) President Ajay Banga in Jakarta on the sideline of the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Indonesia.

Vietnam boasts great potential to bolster exports of wood pellets as global demand for the fuel pellets is increasing, according to insiders.

Vietnam International Sourcing 2023 with a series of events will take place in Ho Chi Minh City from September 13-15, aiming to support domestic firms to engage more deeply into global production and supply chains, heard a press conference in Hanoi on September 7.