Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung had a working session with Cambodian Minister of Post and Telecommunications Chea Vandeth in Phnom Penh on November 8, seeking ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of post, telecommunications, and digital transformation.

A draft has been drawn up to amend the Law on Prevention of Money Laundering 2012. It is going through stages of scrutiny and debate in the National Assembly before becoming law.

Decree 91/2022/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles Decree 126 detailing the Law on Tax Administration has just been promulgated by the Government, effective from October 30.

The property market is “struggling and risks falling into a slump,” Lê Hoàng Châu, chairman of the HCM City Real Estate Association, has warned.

Banking and manufacturing stocks cushioned the market yesterday.

The People’s Committee of southern Binh Phuoc province and Becamex IDC Corporation held a teleconference on November 8 to call for investment from Italian enterprises.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen attended the Vietnam-Cambodia trade and investment promotion forum in Phnom Penh on November 8.

A Japanese business delegation led by Achiwa Noriyuki, Chairman of the Machinery and Mechanics Industry Association of Kobe city in Hyogo Prefecture, paid a working visit to the northern province of Ha Nam on November 8.

Saigon – Bac Giang Industrial Park Corporation (SBG), a subsidiary of Kinh Bac City Development Holding Corporation, has just received approval to expand 90 hectares of Quang Chau Industrial Park.

Ho Chi Minh City will need an additional 71 trillion VND (2.8 billion USD) from 2021-2025 to carry out transport infrastructure projects.

Vietnamese businesses were advised to to adopt green practices to secure sustainable growth in textile and garment export to Canada, where Việt Nam ranks second among the exporters of such products.

Việt Nam’s budget collection in the first 10 months of this year stood at VNĐ1.46 quadrillion (US$58.7 billion), surpassing the estimate by 3.7 per cent, and up 16.2 per cent year-on-year, the Ministry of Finance reported.

Vietnam should set out a specific strategy for accessing the Thai market as the two countries share similarities in product types, suggested Nguyen Thanh Huy, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Thailand.

Vietnam's sea ports handled 608.3 million tonnes of goods in the first 10 months of this year, up 3% annually and fulfilling 84% of the yearly target, according to the Vietnam Marine Administration.

Vietnam Airlines Group, which comprises Vietnam Airlines, Pacific Airlines and Vietnam Air Services Company (VASCO), has completed online check-in systems at all domestic airports.

Shen Weihua, deputy head of the Vietnamese department under the China Central Television (CCTV), has expressed her impression on the economic management efficiency of the Vietnamese government in the first nine months of this year.

Petrolimex (Vietnam National Petroleum Group), the domestic largest fuel trader, said they have extended operational hours to meet market demand. 

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s official visit to Cambodia from November 8-9 and his attendance at the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related Summits from November 10-13 are expected to help boost bilateral trade cooperation which has reported positive growth over the recent past.

The Bac Giang People's Committee has issued a scheme on promoting international cooperation with foreign localities for the 2021 – 2025 period with a view to mobilising outside resources for its socio-economic growth.

Aquatic exports are forecast to have hit a record of 10 billion USD in this November thanks to businesses’ flexible adaptation to changes in the global market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).