The proportion of Japanese enterprises that intend to expand their investment in Việt Nam in the next one to two years is 60 per cent, up 4.7 points from the previous year and the highest among Southeast Asian countries.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,643 VND/USD on December 20, down 2 VND from the previous day.

Overall, the disbursement of public investment was 58.33 per cent as of the end of November, leaving a huge workload for the remaining days of this year.

As enterprises in the supporting industry continue to foster their production and improve technology in order to make breakthroughs in the recovered market, they need more skilled labour.

Việt Nam is joining the “Golden Triangle of Start-ups” in Southeast Asia with its strong, young domestic market, tremendous tech talent and continuous innovation which is expected to open up growth opportunities for the region in the near future.

Director of the Mayoral Office of Izumiotsu city of Japan’s Osaka prefecture Nakayama Hideto paid a working trip to the northern province of Ha Nam on December 19 to learn about its investment environment.

Christmas décor accessories are plenty for sales on streets around Hanoi downtown as days are away from the festive festival.

Work on construction of a bauxite-alumina mining industrial complex, one of Vietnam’s largest projects in Lao, began in Dakcheung district, the southern Lao province of Sekong, on December 19.

Vietnam and Indonesia have the potential to develop stronger cooperation in economy, trade and investment, participants at a trade promotion conference heard in Ho Chi Minh City on December 19.

The benchmark index was under stronger selling force pressure, with many pillar stocks reporting great losses. 

Foreign investors have net bought for the sixth consecutive week on the Vietnamese stock market.

State budget revenue reached over 1.69 quadrillion VND (71.4 billion USD) as of December 15, exceeding the estimate by 19.8%, the Ministry of Finance announced at a conference in Hanoi on December 19.

As many as 39 investment funds committed to invest 1.5 billion USD for creative startups in Vietnam in 2023 – 2025, lifting the total investment for the field in the period to 5 billion USD, heard the Vietnam Venture Summit 2022 on December 19 in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Venture Summit 2022 took place in Hanoi on December 19 under the theme “Shifting Global Capital Flows”.

These firms are showcasing mechanical engineering, agricultural machinery, office equipment, electronics, refrigeration beside to handicrafts, household goods, fashion; agricultural goods and products under the national "One Commune-One Product" Programme (OCOP) into 350 booths. 

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,645 VND/USD on December 19, down 5 VND from the last working day of previous week (December 16).

According to batdongsan.com.vn, Vietnam's leading real estate trading website, the domestic rental market had a bright start in 2022, although it began to decline in the second quarter

According to the ministry, in the 11 months of 2022, the world's economic and political situation changed rapidly and complicatedly. Prices of strategic raw materials, including petrol, rose to high levels in the first half of the year to put great pressure on the target of controlling inflation in Việt Nam.

The State Bank of Việt Nam is willing to provide liquidity to credit institutions to sustain their payment capability, especially at the end of the year when demand for funds often peaks, its deputy governor, Đào Minh Tú, has said.

In the first 11 months of 2022, the delivery of foreign direct investment grew by 15.1 per cent, industrial production by 8.6 per cent, and total retail sales of goods and services by 17.5 per cent year-on-year.