Early this month, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) announced a new draft decree providing a controlled testing mechanism (sandbox) for fintech activities in the banking industry. This is the second draft that has been built to gather public opinions for this sector.

Experts pointed out opportunities and challenges to the national economy in 2021, as well as prospects for this year at a national symposium in Hanoi on April 25.

The People’s Committee of Quang Ninh province’s Mong Cai city and authorities of Dongxing city in China’s Guangxi province held online talks discussing measures to speed up the customs clearance between the two localities in the time to come in association with the effective implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control.

PetroVietnam Drilling and Well Services Corporation (PV Drilling) plans to purchase more machines and equipment worth 315 billion VND (13.71 million USD) to maintain its services.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,128 VND/USD on April 25, up 5 VND from the last working day of previous week (April 22).

Vietnamese enterprises should focus on green growth and the green and circular economies that have become a mainstream trend globally, the Green Economy Forum heard in HCM City last Saturday.

Developing a safe, transparent, effective, and sustainable capital market to ensure macro-economic stability was the focus of a conference chaired by Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính last week.

As Việt Nam has committed to fighting climate change while still maintaining its economic growth, the European Green Deal is expected to be a good model for the country to learn and build its own sustainable development strategy.

According to the central bank, the rapid development of fintech has posed many challenges to financial authorities in managing, supervising, ensuring security and safeguarding interests of consumers and investors.

The total revenue of the 174 products, services and solutions from 113 companies receiving Sao Khuê Awards this year reached VNĐ16 trillion (US$696 million).

Spanning 4.9ha in Duy Tiên Town, the project comprises four blocks with 564 apartments and some low-rise houses. The project's apartments will cost at least VNĐ380 million (around US$16,300) each. 

Techcombank became the first non-State-owned commercial bank to join Việt Nam’s “billion-dollar profit” club in 2021, with a before-tax profit of VNĐ23.2 trillion, posting 47.1 per cent year-on-year increase.

The central province of Quang Binh on April 24 officially inaugurated a solar power plant with a capacity of 49.5 MW.

The Vietnamese industrial real estate market continued to record positive signals, attracting a large amount of foreign capital.

Analysts expect the market's recovery span to expand this week as the group of stocks that have fallen sharply recently started to receive demand by absorbing the low-price stocks.

Vietnamese industrial real estate market continues to record positive signals, attracting a large amount of foreign capital.

In the context of instability in the world, Vietnam needs to develop its domestic market with the "Vietnamese people giving priority to using Vietnamese products" campaign.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the building of infrastructure at Prodezi Industrial Park in the Mekong Delta province of Long An.

Seaports in the central province of Quang Nam have recorded a surge in the volume of handled cargo in recent years, and are expected to make new breakthroughs.

Vietnam is now in need of diversifying energy supply sources as it is facing a shortage of coal supply for electricity, cement, and fertiliser production due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia - Ukraine conflict.