The first sketch of the national development space has taken shape with the first draft of the National Master Plan in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, was completed and made public for feedback. Central intersection of Long Bien district, Hanoi (Photo: VNA) According to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong, the National...

In the first 6 months of 2022, rising prices of gasoline, oil and construction materials have been creating great pressure on construction enterprises in the province. Comparing the price of construction materials announced by the Department of Construction at the time of June 2022 with the unit price in 2021, most of the construction materials increased at a high...

The Vietnamese International Electrical Technology and Equipment Exhibition (Vietnam ETE 2022) and the International Exhibition on Products, Technologies of Energy Saving & Green Power 2022 (Enertec Expo 2022) simultaneously kicked off in Ho Chi Minh City on July 20. Visitors to Vietnam ETE 2022 and Enertec Expo 2022 (Photo: VNA) Hosted by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade,...

The Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and Vietnamese trade offices in Africa will jointly organise a session to give consultations to domestic businesses on exporting coffee to the African market. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) The event will directly take place on July 21 in the Central Highlands of Dak Lak - which is...

The seat occupation ratio on domestic routes in June 2022 of all local airlines reached between 85% and 87%, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV). Seat occupation ratio on domestic routes of all local airlines reached a high in June 2022 (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Airlines) CAAV said in the first half, the industry recorded 3.3...

The combined revenue of 17 out of 19 groups and corporations under the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises was estimated at over 892.16 trillion VND (38.05 billion USD) in the first half of this year, equivalent to 90% of the yearly target and up 27% year-on-year. At the conference (Source: cmsc.gov.vn) The figure does...

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai hosted a reception in Hanoi on July 19 for Anthony Tan, Group CEO and Co-Founder of Grab - a mobile technology company based in Singapore, during which the Vietnamese Government leader urged the company to pay more attention to interest sharing. Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai hosted a reception in Hanoi on...

Steel producer Hoa Phat Group has signed a contract to export 8,000 tonnes of rebar to Mexico, its first order from the North American country. Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) According to a group representative, the rebar steel is manufactured according to ASTM - USA standards. Delivery time is expected in August this year, with the batch dispatched from the...

Vietnam should fully tap benefits from tariff reduction and exemption brought by the EU – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) to promote cashew nut export to France, said insiders. Processing cashew nuts for export (Photo: VNA) The tax rate for Vietnamese cashew products imported into the EU was cut down to 0% after the EVFTA took effect on August...

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has so far this year sold about 12-13 billion USD to stabilise the domestic forex market, according to Viet Dragon Securities Corporation (VDSC). State Bank of Vietnam headquarters in Hanoi.(Photo: SBV) The value was equal to some 11% of Vietnam’s foreign exchange reserves. The country’s foreign exchange reserves are currently at more than...