Focusing on building key industrial products in Hà Nội with high added value, advanced technology and a friendly environment will help turn the city products into a prestigious brand.

The Vietnam e-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Amazon Global Selling Vietnam on June 8 launched a cross-border e-commerce initiative in the breakthrough era.

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has submitted a report to National Assembly (NA) deputies on issues raised during the Question-and-Answer session, including credit management and control in potentially risky areas, especially securities lending, corporate bond issuance and real estate.

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho has launched a project to boost the development of its night-time economy as part of the efforts to attract more tourists.

The event provides an ideal venue for Vietnamese food and beverage businesses to strengthen trade promotion

The project costs US$3 million and is funded by Japan's non-refundable official development assistance (ODA). It will be implemented from 2022 to 2026, covering seven northern provinces of Hà Nội, Hà Nam, Hưng Yên, Hải Dương, Bắc Ninh, Nam Định and Sơn La.

As of late May, the Dragon Gas Compression Platform (DGCP) of the PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV GAS) saw an output of 5 billion cu.m of gas, according to the company.

With a 65-km long coastline running through three districts and a special economic zone (SEAZ) of nearly 20,000 sq.km, the southern province of Ben Tre has advantages for developing the sea-based economy.

A project to strengthen the safe agricultural value chains in northern localities has been jointly launched by the National Agricultural Extension Centre (NAEC) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Online scams have been climbing steadily in recent years as more people are taken in by "easy money" tricks.

Total outstanding value of corporate bonds by the end of April 2022 reached VNĐ320.4 trillion (US$13.8 billion), accounting for a small proportion of the country’s total outstanding credit of 2.86 per cent, according to the State Bank of Việt Nam.

Many bank clients have bought insurance through their banks (bancassurance), but they have received no support from the institutions when problems arose.

The Ministry of Transport has been tasked with coordinating with relevant ministries, sectors and localities in considering and handling recommendations of the Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) on how to better the capacity of international railway transport serving import and export activities.

Vietnam exported around 110,000 tonnes of rubber worth 181 million USD in May, up 40.4 percent in volume and 27.9 percent in value against the previous month.

Deposit interest rate in the second half of this year might be adjusted up some 0.3 to 0.5 percentage points, experts forecast.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,057 VND/USD on June 8, unchanged from the previous day.

Việt Nam needs to reduce taxes and fees for petrol and oil products to stabilise the domestic petroleum market and ensure economic growth, according to experts.

Consumers are increasingly looking for natural and environment-friendly products and those with health benefits after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the High Quality Vietnamese Product Business Association.

With the real estate market facing liquidity problems, analysts have called for the Government and banking industry to create a mechanism that enables property developers to borrow and issue bonds.

The Việt Nam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) pumped 4.55 million tonnes of crude oil in the first five months of 2022, surpassing the plan by 22 per cent, contributing to ensuring national energy security and national development.