The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,105 VND/USD on April 7, up 5 VND from the previous day.

Việt Nam and New Zealand pledged to deepen the two countries’ agriculture and trade relationship in a virtual dialogue held on Wednesday.

Greater efforts and determination were needed to thoroughly tackle stagnant State-owned projects and create new resources and motivation to revive these projects and enable them to promote the country’s economic development.

The Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dropped to 51.7 in March from 54.3 in February, as the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread labour shortages in the manufacturing sector during March, according to S&P Global.

Shares bounced back slightly on Wednesday after a brief fall in the previous session, driven by growth of banks, while realty stocks continued to slide following negative news of big property firms.

A Vietnam-UK startup cooperation seminar, the last event of the Vietnam Days in the UK 2022, took place at the AstraZeneca global research and development center in Cambridge on April 5.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony marking the resumption of 10 air routes of Vietjet from/to the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on April 6.

Seven Vietnamese names are among the 2,668 of dollar billionaires worldwide as per Forbes' latest update to its annual rich list.

While the reduced environmental protection tax lowered petrol prices from April 1, most transport enterprises are struggling.

Seven Vietnamese names are among the 2,668 of dollar billionaires worldwide as per Forbes' latest update to its annual rich list.

A seminar was held by Customs E-Magazine in Ho Chi Minh City on April 6 to discuss synchronous solutions to cut input and commercialisation costs, thus reducing import-export spending.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has assigned the Vietnam Administration of Seas and Islands (VASI) to work on building a blue sea economy partnership group to carry out a sustainable development strategy for Vietnam’s maritime economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) maintained its forecast for Vietnam’s GDP growth at 6.5 percent in 2022 and projected the economy to further expand by 6.7 percent in 2023, it was heard at a press conference in Hanoi on April 6 morning.

The US Department of Commerce in late March initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing investigation on solar modules imported from Việt Nam, Thailand, Malaysia and Cambodia, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam on Monday.

After the cancellation of nine bond issuances of Tân Hoàng Minh Group, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) is drafting, amending and supplementing Decree 153 on offering and trading corporate bonds, which proposes stricter condition for bond issuers, especially in private placement.

The Thai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ThaiCham), previously the Thai Business Association (TBA), was officially inaugurated on April 5 in Hà Nội.

Science company Bayer has said it is accelerating investment in its Leaps by Bayer impact investment unit with more than 1.3 billion euros (US$1.4 billion) by 2024. 

Any act that aims at manipulating the stock and corporate bond markets to gain illicit profits will be punished strictly, according to the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnam and New Zealand affirmed their commitment to deepening the two countries’ agriculture and trade relationship at the second Vietnam - New Zealand Agricultural Dialogue held virtually on April 6.

Việt Nam hopes to establish long-term stable trade and investment ties with Australia and receive technology in sustainable coal mining and processing from Australia, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên.