Vietnam saw 128,200 new enterprises registered with total capital of VND1,254.5 trillion in the first eight months of 2025, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Ho Chi Minh City will begin construction of an international financial centre, part of Vietnam’s push to position itself as a regional financial hub alongside Singapore and Hong Kong.
Vietnam has emerged as one of the world’s leading coconut exporters, ranking 4th in the Asia-Pacific and 5th globally, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MoAE).
As global coffee prices surge, Vietnam's coffee industry is presented with a significant opportunity to expand its export market share, industry insiders say.
Vietnam’s stock market has yet to experience the expected wave of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) going public, as lingering regulatory hurdles continue to hold back progress.
HCM City is pressing ahead with measures to ensure its 2025 economic growth target of 8.5 per cent or higher, with GDP expansion in the second half of the year expected to reach 10.3 per cent.
HCM City plans to convert more than 3,200 buses to electric or green energy by 2030, at an estimated cost of VND 13,511 billion (approximately USD 531 million).