Retail prices of oil and petrol were raised from 3pm on May 4 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will coordinate with Vietnam’s trade offices in member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to organise a consulting session on rice exports.

The Vietnam Australia Innovation Network (NIC AU) will organise an International Conference on High Quality Agriculture on May 8 and May 22.

Digital transformation is both a need and an inevitable trend that will help businesses survive and develop in the Industry 4 era, experts say.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of this year reached nearly 1.8 billion USD, according to the State Bank of Vietnam’s branch in the city.

Toyota Motor Việt Nam will start recalling 191 Raize cars to repair the front shock absorber mounting joint starting from Wednesday (May 4).

Total foreign trade in agricultural, forestry and aquatic products hit some 31.8 billion USD in the first four months of 2022, an increase of 7 percent against the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Both global synthetic and natural rubber prices are on an upward trend, but not all businesses in the industry are enough confident to set higher profit targets for this year. 

Plans for the development of Vân Phong Economic Zone (EZ) will be revised, according to a decision recently signed by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành.

After gaining high growth last year, the insurance industry is forecast to experience a less favourable time in 2022 as many insurers have so far planned lower profit targets or slowing growth compared to last year.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the landscape of the food and beverage (F&B) towards digital transformation, which provided bright prospects for the industry when economic activities returned to normal.

HCM City consumers’ willingness to again spend on organic foods to improve their health after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic is fuelling their development, experts said.

Analysts from securities companies believe that the short-term downward risk is likely to remain due to investors’ pessimistic sentiment. 

Việt Nam's rice exports to Europe continued to grow in the first quarter of 2022, thanks to the Europe-Việt Nam free trade agreement (EVFTA), according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

About 80-90 per cent of fixed-route transport firms have adjusted their fares up by 10-15 per cent to offset mounting fuel costs.

Tight timber supply, coupled with transport delays, has been holding back furniture manufacturers, exposing the need for domestic substitution for imported timber.

The central city of Da Nang welcomed more than 254,000 tourists in the four-day holiday of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1), a 3.4-fold increase compared to that of the same period last year.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval four investment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75 trillion VND (119.7 million USD).

The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) enjoyed a year-in-year surge of 144.2 percent in revenue to over 5.15 trillion VND (224.26 million USD) in the first quarter of 2022, completing 28.5 percent of its target for the whole year.

The 2022 Vietnam Manufacturing Expo and Vietnam’s Only Exhibition on SMT, Testing Technologies, Equipment and Supporting Industries for Electronics Manufacturing (NEPCON Vietnam 2022) will be held in Hanoi on August 10-12 and September 14-16 respectively.