Business

Former French Ambassador to Vietnam Jean-Noël Poirier has highlighted the significance of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s freshly-ended visit to France, saying that it attracted French businesses’ special interest.

The local labour market is showing signs of recovery following the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country enters a new normal, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the National Assembly.

Over 230,000 or 80 percent of workers at industrial and processing areas in HCM City have returned to work to complete the rising number of orders during the final months of this year.

Since Vietnam joined the World Trade Organisation 15 years ago, the country has made big strides on the path of international integration, confidently joining the global playground.

Investment and trade cooperation between Vietnam and Middle Eastern countries have achieved many encouraging achievements.

One of the most important hurdles to restoring the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic is further investment in social housing development, especially for workers in industrial zones, according to the Ministry of Construction.

The Ministry of Transport handed over the Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro project to Hanoi authorities for official operation on November 6.

Coffee exports in the first nine months of this year decreased in volume but increased in turnover, with Germany being the largest market for the product.

The central province of Quang Tri is seeking the prime minister’s approval to build an airport under a public-private partnership.

The government has just decided to call for foreign investment into some transport projects in the central highlands and southern regions.

Vietnamese electric automobile manufacturer VinFast and French state-controlled power group Électricité de France (EDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation to install vehicle charging stations in France at the presence of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Immediately after talks held between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and French Prime Minister Jean Castex on the evening of November 3 (local time), both sides witnessed the signing ceremony of various co-operation agreements between the two nations' agencies

Orsted Group of Denmark has made a proposal to invest between US$11.9 - 13.6 billion in an offshore wind power project with a total capacity of 3,900 MW in Hai Phong city.

Around 95 percent of enterprises in HCM City have registered for the resumption of operations after a long halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the parties concerned to take every measure possible to complete the construction of Long Thanh Airport and put it into operation by 2025.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s visit to France from November 3-5 at the invitation of his French counterpart Jean Castex is expected to open up new opportunities and lift bilateral ties to a new height.

Sugar producers in Vietnam have failed to compete with imported products on the local market as traders are using various tricks to avoid taxes.

Standard Chartered will invest US$8 billion in Vietnam’s sustainable development in order to promote its green and sustainable growth, the bank’s chairman Jose Vinals told Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting in the United Kingdom on

Work on HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport Terminal 3 is scheduled to kick off in December.