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The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the Vietnam Youth Federation and the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association announced winners of the Vietnam Gold Star Award 2024.

The EU move was made after Vietnamese fruits failed to comply with the maximum residue limit (MRL) of pesticides.

Domestic factors, including the Government’s increasing spending on infrastructure, real estate market recovery, and consumption, will help Vietnam maintain its economic expansion at 6.5% in 2025.

Vietnam's aquatic exports reached 10 billion USD in 2024, driven by shrimp and pangasius, despite challenges related to markets, logistics, and raw materials.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has issued a dispatch asking for concerted efforts to promote economic development in 2025 with an aim for a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of at least 8% in the year.

The Japanese sushi chain Genki Sushi plans to expand to Vietnam in 2025, alongside its entry into the US, as part of a broader strategy targeting international markets.

The disbursement rate for public investment capital sourced from foreign loans allocated to ministries, sectors, and localities has only met about one third of the overall plan.

The southern island city of Phu Quoc, a major tourist destination in Vietnam, welcomed the first flights from Singapore of Scoot airline and a China Eastern Airlines flight from China’s Xi'an.

Passion fruit and pomelo will be the next two Vietnamese agricultural products to be exported to the US and Australia, according to the Import-Export Department.

The latest report from the US Department of Agriculture forecasts a significant increase in global coffee production for the 2024-25 crop, driven by recovery in Vietnam and Indonesia's output.

Oxford Economics forecasts that Vietnam's GDP will grow by 6.7% this year and 6.5% next year, driven by a stable manufacturing sector and a rapid recovery in domestic demand.

Retail fuel prices increased at 3 pm today, December 19, following a decision by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed incentives to attract investments in renewable energy projects in a draft decree on implementing the Law on Electricity.

Vietnam’s export-import turnover is likely to reach a record high of US$782 billion this year, demonstrating the country’s steady recovery amid global fluctuations.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man recently issued a resolution on the investment policy for the North-South high-speed rail project.

Vietnam's Green and Smart Mobility (GSM) JSC officially launched its Xanh SM electric taxi service in Indonesia on December 18.

The statistical visualisation platform Seasia Stats recently ranked Vietnam among the top 15 economies in Asia, with projected economic output reaching some 506 billion USD in 2025.

Vietnam and the Netherlands co-organised the handover ceremony of the pilot results for the database system for forests and coffee-growing areas in compliance with the EUDR.

A new chapter is expected to unfold in Vietnam's financial market, as companies across various sectors gear up for their initial public offerings.