The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) discovered 523 corruption cases by the end of September this year, an increase of 40.97 percent compared with the same period last year, according to the latest report of the ministry.

Statistics from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) show that the number of tourists participating in rural and ecological forms of tourism accounts for about 10 per cent.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,586 VND/USD on October 17, up 45 VND from the last working day of previous week (October 14).

The draft revised Law on Land, which will be on the agenda of the National Assembly’s meeting for the first time this month, is receiving a lot of attention from the public as it will remove the Government’s land price framework to ensure market principles prices.

The market is likely to continue the recovering trend if the VN-Index surpasses the upper limit of the GAP down at 1,073 points.

The Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA) recently coordinated with the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Vietnamese Embassy in France to hold a business matching event in Paris to boost pepper trading.

In the recent past, the Trade Office of Vietnam in Belgium and the EU has stepped up trade promotion and protection of Vietnamese enterprises’ interests, thus helping foster bilateral trade ties, an official has said.

Vietnamese agricultural goods, such as honey, pepper, cashew nut, vegetables, rice and rice-made products, are on display at Sial Paris 2022, an international food trade show underway in Paris, France from October 15 to 19.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the banking system plays the role as arteries of the economy while addressing a meeting with chairpersons and CEOs of commercial banks in Hanoi on October 16.

Standard Chartered Bank has raised its Vietnam GDP growth forecast for 2022 to 7.5% from the previous 6.7% and for 2023 to 7.2% from 7.0% to reflect robust Q3 growth of 13.7% year-on-year. The last quarter 2022 growth is anticipated at 4.0%.

Businesses should look more into using market research tools to identify foreign trade opportunities amid rising challenges, experts have said.

Tra fish exports to member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been rising sharply, and this market is forecast to surpass the European Union in terms of catfish imports from Vietnam in the near future, the Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper reported.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs has asked relevant parties to boost the exportation of agricultural products by rail, especially across the northern border, in response to overloaded land transport and soaring costs.

Software developers in Việt Nam are also rising to the top of the region. According to data from application data and analytics firm Data.ai, seven of the 20 most frequently downloaded apps in Southeast Asia come from Việt Nam.

The capital inflow into the exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is returning to the market after a long period of stagnation, even net withdrawing in the past three months.

BIDV-VNPAY relation is entering a new phase, in which technologies act as a calatyst for new products, new services and new cooperation. The bank said it would be glad to have VNPAY as company on the path ahead.    

From the beginning of this year to the end of September, the Authority of Information Security has recorded, warned and helped handle 9,519 cyber attacks on information systems in Việt Nam.

Since the beginning of 2022, Sconnect and EO have continuously sued each other in courts in Russia, the UK and Việt Nam due to intellectual property rights disputes.

The ASEAN Conference on 5G took place within the framework of the Việt Nam International Digital Week, which is organised by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hà Nội this week.

The People's Committee of Hà Nội is considering withdrawing investment certificates from slow-moving industrial cluster projects.