Business

Ho Chi Minh City is an attractive investment destination for Japanese businesses thanks to its both development potential and mechanism to accompany and support investors.

Surmounting difficulties to boost economic recovery, Vietnam is expected to post a foreign trade record of 780 billion USD in 2022.

Enterprises are hoping for more policies to help them overcome financial difficulties, maintain operations and to take advantage of post-pandemic recovery opportunities.

Vietnam recorded a trade surplus of US$10.6 billion during the past 11 months of the year, while the consumer price index recorded annual growth of 3.02%.

Vietnam received US$25.1 billion in foreign investment in the first 11 months, up 0.5 per cent month-on-month but down 5 per cent year-on-year, the Foreign Investment Agency has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the Green Economy Forum & Exhibition 2022 held by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City on November 28.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and authorities of the southern province of Ben Tre held a ceremony to announce the export of the first pomelo lot to the US on November 28.

The Vietnamese stock market struggled last week as the benchmark VN-Index fluctuated in a large range. Experts said that there are more positive signals supporting the index to recover to the 1,000 point-level.

Phong Tho Banana Market in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has become bustling again after the reopening of the border gate with China.

The Vietnam Trade Office in the United States, working in tandem with the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), sent a business delegation to study and survey the US market from November 20 to December 1, with the

Vietnam and Laos expect to achieve USD2 billion in two-way trade in the near future, given that the figure surged 28.2% annually to USD1.4 billion in ten months of this year, heard a forum held in Vientiane

Vietnam’s airports recorded an annual leap of 221%, serving 90.8 million passengers between January and November, unveiled a representative from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam.

Four more agricultural products from Vietnam including longans, sweet potatoes, limes and grapefruits have got approval to be exported to Japan, China, and New Zealand.

Vietnam's electric vehicle maker VinFast on Friday shipped their first batch of 999 cars to the United States.

Aggressive monetary tightening in advanced economies has pushed up bond yields and worsened the downturn of financial conditions in emerging East Asia, according to a report by the Asian Development Bank.

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo has opened direct flights from Frankfurt to Hanoi.

The Nhon-Hanoi Railway Station urban rail system in the capital city will undergo a test run starting from December 5 in limited conditions, according Sytra – the consulting contractor of the project.

Vietnam is on track to export 7 million tonnes this year after India banned exports of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of various grades of rice in early September.

More than 520 businesses from 20 countries and territories around the world are anticipated to attend the 20th Vietnam Expo between December 1 and December 3 in Ho Chi Minh City.