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Markets were mixed Thursday as investors struggled to maintain momentum from Wall Street's rally, even after fresh data reinforced optimism the Federal Reserve will be able to hold off any more interest rate hikes this year.

Vietnam has retained a leading position in the Entrepreneurship Index for many consecutive years as 88% of people surveyed in the country think that having their own business is a more desirable opportunity.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has disclosed that the nation's annual exports have surged by billions of US dollars, all thanks to the advantageous free trade agreements it has entered into as a signatory.

PM Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of Vinh Tuy 2 Bridge, which is the largest bridge spanning the Red River in Hanoi on Wednesday morning.

Vietnam’s rare earth mining industry will likely experience rapid growth in the near future, according to industry experts, as demand has been on the rise steadily in the last few decades.

Vietnam’s consumer price index during first eight-month of this year rose by 3.10 percent on-year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong on August 29 attended a conference in Hanoi to discuss measures aimed at speeding up Vietnam-Singapore joint projects.

Shares of Vietnam’s leading electric vehicle maker VinFast, owned by Billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong amounted to US$93/share at a time, raising the market value to more than US$191 billion on the Nasdaq trading session on August 28.

Asian markets extended a global rally Tuesday ahead of US data this week that could be key to the Federal Reserve's decision-making on interest rates.

Vietnam’s exports are set to recover in Q4, driven primarily by a bottoming out of the US inventory cycle, but also by an acceleration in the relocation of manufacturing from China to Vietnam.

Asian markets rose Monday after Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell said officials would take a careful approach regarding interest rate hikes, while Chinese shares soared after the government cut the duty on trades.

Fruit and vegetable exports during the past eight months stood at an estimated US$3.5 billion, up nearly 56% over the same period from last year, hitting a record high for the fruit and vegetable industry.

Bo Chinh ginseng growers in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue are facing losses because of widespread crop failure.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially entered the top 10 international airlines of 2023, according to the rankings conducted by Bounce, a US-based luggage storage service company that operates in over 1,000 cities worldwide.

This year, Vietnam has suffered its longest streak of falling exports in more than a decade. However, there are concrete signs that Vietnam’s exports are set to recover in the fourth quarter driven by a bottoming out of the

Japan is currently hosting over half of Vietnamese overseas workers with over 340,000 people living and working in the country, according to a Friday workshop.

Vietnam enjoyed a trade surplus of 16.25 billion USD as of August 15, according to the General Department of Customs.

Asian markets sank Friday as a mini rally came to a juddering halt ahead of a keenly awaited speech by Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell later in the day, with traders increasingly worried the bank will hike interest rates further.

HCM City authorities have submitted a plan for the USD5.5-billion Can Gio International Transshipment Port to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for consideration.