Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab recently described Vietnam as the safest country in Southeast Asia against the threat of financial attacks targeting banks, payment systems and online stores.

Many major foreign online service providers such as Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, and Netflix have directly registered, declared and/or paid taxes online into the Vietnamese budget.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,183 VND/USD on July 12, up 13 VND from the previous day.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will make every effort to not tighten the monetary policy immediately to support economic recovery and stabilise the market, VNDirect Co forecasts.

A virtual conference will be held on Wednesday and Thursday to promote trade and business links between Vietnamese localities, enterprises and cooperatives with potential partners in Algeria.

After a long lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HCM City is seeing increasing demand for MICE tourism (meeting, incentive, convention, exhibition) from both Vietnamese and foreign customers.

Vietnamese shares started the week lower, gripped by investor concerns over recent rumours about bans on a high-profile corporate leader, fuelling a sell-off focusing on large-cap stocks.

Port infrastructure fees for international goods transported by inland waterways in and out of HCM City will be cut by half from August 1.

The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre will develop its fisheries with a focus on processing, modernisation and deeper integration into global value chains, according to its People’s Committee.

Securities companies expect to have a less positive second quarter earning season, following the gloomy outlook of the stock market.

The Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange has approved FPT Corporation to list more than 182.8 million shares from July 11.

Many major foreign network service providers such as Facebook, Microsoft, TikTok, Netflix have directly registered, declared and paid taxes online into the Vietnamese budget.

The EU has always been the most important partner of Việt Nam as the latter has always been an attractive investment destination for European firms.

HCM City is seeking to attract investment in infrastructure under public-private partnerships (PPP) as part of a commitment to creating a fair and flexible mechanism to harmonise the benefits of both the administration and investors, a city official said.

Việt Nam's exports of timber and wood products have decreased due to the impact of high inflation in the export market.

The European Union (EU) wants to import tropical agricultural products from Vietnam, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski told Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh in Hanoi on July 11.

The northern province of Hung Yen always create the most favourable conditions for Belarusian businesses in investing in the locality, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Quoc Toan said on July 11.

Thai retailer Central Retail Corporation has unveiled a five-year plan to invest more than 30 billion THB (829.34 million USD) to expand its operations in Vietnam.

More than 17.57 trillion VND (748 million USD) was mobilised via 31 government bond (G-bond) auctions on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in June, up 67.2% month-on-month.

The risk of a coal shortage and high input material prices have affected thermal power businesses, while hydropower enterprises are expected to benefit from the higher power selling prices compared to last year.