An artisan of Dong Ho folk painting craft village (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Government plans to develop 301 traditional craft villages linked to tourism by 2030, according to a decision approving Vietnam's traditional craft village preservation and development programme for the 2021-2030 period. Under the decision, signed by Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh, in the period...

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc has had a working session with Secretary-General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebeca Grynspan, and Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweal, as part of the activities in his working visit to Switzerland. Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc (Photo: VNA) The Vietnamese official also held a dialogue...

Trade revenue between Vietnam and the UK is expected to reach 10 billion USD in the next one or two years thanks to strong support from the Vietnam-UK Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA). Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) According to the Department of the Europe-America Market under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, last year, import-export turnover between the two countries...

WinCommerce, the retail arm of Masan Group, which operates WinMart/WinMart supermarkets and minimarts, has planned to open over 700 new WinMart stores and more than 20 WinMart supermarkets and hypermarkets in the remaining months of 2022. A Winmart supermarket. (Photo: courtesy of Masan) Nguyen Van Quy, Deputy General Director of WinCommerce, said in the context that the COVID-19 pandemic...

More than 470 billion VND (20 million USD) will be potentially earmarked for the renovation of train stations in northern Vietnam, according to a feasibility report by the management board of railway projects. Cargo trains run on the North-South rail route. (Photo: VNA) The report has been recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport for verification. They include passenger...

VinFast Commercial and Service Trading Co. Ltd. announced on July 15 that it will halt production of petrol-powered vehicles after the last batch of Lux and Fadil models were ordered by customers. VinFast Commercial and Service Trading Co. Ltd. announced on July 15 that it will halt production of petrol-powered vehicles after the last batch of Lux and...

Office space for lease in Ho Chi Minh City in the first half of 2022 continued to make a recovery with a total net absorption area of about 21,000 sq.m, equivalent to 38% of 2021, although the new supply remained limited, according to real estate firm CBRE. Ilustrative image (Photo: VNA) In its report on the real estate market...

Hoa Phat Group contributed nearly 7.4 trillion VND (315.97 million USD) to the State budget in the first half of 2022, rising 42% year on year and surpassing the entire 2020’s estimate, the conglomerate reported. A factory of Hoa Phat Group (Photo: hoaphat.com.vn) It said Hoa Phat Dung Quat Steel and Hoa Phat Hai Duong Steel are its biggest...

Construction of a housing project worth over 1.76 trillion VND (75 million USD) started in Nha Be district, Ho Chi Minh City on July 15. At the ground-breaking ceremony of the project (Photo: VNA) Jointly developed by Phu Loc Real Estate Investment JSC, Keppel Land Vietnam and Phu Long Real Estates Corporation, and constructed by Hoa Binh Group,...

On July 15, Mr. Luong Trong Quynh, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for the implementation of key projects chaired a thematic meeting to evaluate the progress of site clearance of key projects and consider and solve difficulties and problems in site clearance work in the districts and citiy (June 2022); review the...