Mekong Delta farmers have been able to sell their products for good prices and also reduce costs by forming cooperative groups.

The competitiveness of Mekong Delta localities fell last year from the previous year as the COVID-19 pandemic undermined labour quality.

Honda Vietnam recorded decreases of 5% and 46.5% in its sales of motorbikes and automobiles in June compared to the previous month, respectively.

Vietnam’s forestry product export revenue is expected to stand at 16.3 billion USD in 2022, approximately equal to the target set earlier this year, heard a conference of the Vietnam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, in Hanoi on July 14.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak has signed strategic cooperation agreements with some distributors to have local specialties sold in the supermarket system of the Central Retail.

A virtual seminar took place in Da Nang on July 14 to discuss the connection for investment between the central city’s startup ecosystem and Japanese partners.

The VNTR provides information free of charge in both English and Vietnamese, covering tariff commitments in free trade agreements (FTAs) within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), to which Việt Nam is a signatory.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Online Sale Day 2022 is scheduled to be held from August 8 -10 to mark ASEAN’s 55th founding anniversary, according to the Vietnam E-commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

So far this year, the southernmost province of Ca Mau has had 356 newly-established enterprises with a total registered capital of 7.2 trillion VND (307.68 million USD), up 50% in the number of firms, and fivefold in capital year-on-year.

Both the Vietnam Maritime Corporation (VIMC) and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the world’s largest container shipping firm, have shown their resolve to soon start an international transit terminal project in Can Gio district of Ho Chi Minh City.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade on July 13 held a virtual conference to promote Vietnam-Algeria trade and business cooperation.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Vietnam continuously increased in the first half of this year, especially in the real estate sector that attracted 3.15 billion USD, making up 22.5 percent of the total registered capital.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recently ordered construction of Terminal T3 of Tan Son Nhat International Airport be started in the third quarter of 2022 and the facility be put into use in September 2024.

The British Government handed over the Vietnam national trade repository (VNTR) to the Vietnamese side at a ceremony on July 13.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,201 VND/USD on July 14, up 3 VND from the previous day.

Dr Trần Thị Hồng Minh, director of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), Ministry of Planning and Investment, spoke to Vietnam News Agency about the prospects for economic recovery.

The recent drastic slash in fuel prices has been welcomed by both people and enterprises reeling from months of consecutive price hikes.   This move is expected to help economic recovery, keep inflation under control and rein in the rising cost of living.

Although the Vietnamese economy is expected to recover faster in the second half of 2022, various risks still lie ahead, adding uncertainty to the recovery, according to Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái at a recent meeting of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council.

Most of the delisting cases on HoSE and HNX were due to losses fore three consecutive years, the auditor's refusal to give an opinion, or the financial statements of three consecutive years with qualified options.

Car manufacturer VinFast has announced the signing of agreements with Credit Suisse (Singapore) Ltd and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., raising at least US$4 billion to develop an electric vehicle factory in North Carolina.