Foreign direct investment in Vietnam exceeded 6.9 billion USD in the first two months of 2025, marking a 35.5% year-on-year surge, according to the Ministry of Finance.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a dispatch on domestic rice market management to ensure a balance between supply and demand for rice in light of domestic and global market developments.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade has called on domestic logistics businesses to join a delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar from April 6-14.
Foreign media outlets have cast a positive light on Vietnam’s economic growth, hailing its resilience amid global challenges and strategic vision for future growth.
A delegation of 20 leading New Zealand businesses joined New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon and Minister of State for Trade and Investment Nicola Grigg in a visit to Vietnam this week.
Though Vietnam’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index remained below the neutral threshold in February, business confidence has increased, reaching its highest level since June 2024.
A 40% increase in infrastructure investment that the Vietnamese Government is now planning would add approximately 2 percentage points to Vietnam’s 2025 GDP growth.
The European Union (EU)'s investment in Vietnam now tops 30.4 billion USD, ranking as the sixth largest foreign investor in Vietnam. Two-way trade hit 68.5 billion USD last year.
PM Pham Minh Chinh has outlined key tasks to drive economic growth and accelerate public investment disbursement, ensuring that Vietnam’s GDP growth reaches at least 8% in 2025.
The application of new technologies in production and close collaboration between farmers and businesses have contributed to taking Vietnamese products from rural areas to the global stage.
Vietnam will create favourable conditions for the stock market to develop more breakthrough and innovative products, enhancing the quality of market offerings and attracting more investors.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism has officially launched the 2025 Tourism Stimulus Programme themed Vietnam – Travel to Love, aiming to attract international tourists.
Several commercial banks have started reducing deposit interest rates by 0.1 to 0.4 percentage points in response to the PM’s direction to lower rates.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to push beyond their limits and strive for growth at a Government conference with the group on February 27.