As many as 116,300 enterprises registered for establishment, up 3.1% year on year, with combined registered capital of 1,086.8 trillion VND, down 14.6% year on year, in the first nine months of 2023, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported on September 29. In September alone, there were 12,684 new enterprises with total registered capital of 117.2 trillion VND....

Vietnam’s trade surplus in September was estimated at 2.29 billion USD, bring the figure in the first nine months of the year to 21.68 billion USD, the General Statistics Office (GSO) announced on September 29. Vietnam's trade surplus in the first nine months is estimated at 21.68 billion USD. (Photo: VNA) During the January – September period, Vietnam...

The upgrade of the Vietnam-US bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has opened up strategic opportunities for Vietnam to lure more high-quality investment inflows in terms of innovation and high technology, said Vu Quoc Huy, Director of the National Innovation Centre (NIC) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MoPI). Production activities at UMC Vietnam Electronics Co.,...

Within the framework of activities of Chi Linh-Hai Duong Festival 2023, from September 28 to 30, 2023 at Red Star Square, Chi Linh city, Hai Duong province, an exhibition and promotion program will take place. Introducing OCOP products (one commune one product program), typical products of some provinces and cities. Some OCOP products and typical agricultural products of the...

The Green Economy Forum (GEF) 2023, an event hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) for businesses and governments to accelerate discussion and dialogue on green growth in Vietnam, is scheduled for November 2 in Hanoi. At the press conference (Photo: nhandan.vn) At a press conference on the event held by the chamber on September...

Over 1.2 billion USD will be poured into a project to upgrade and expand Dung Quat Oil Refinery of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical JSC (BSR), according to a decision signed by Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha. Illustrative image (Photo: congthuong.vn) The expansion will increase the capacity of the refinery to 171,000 barrels per day from the...

The agro-forestry-fisheries sector posted a trade surplus of 8.04 billion USD in the first nine months of this year, up 22.5% annually, reported the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD). Rice export is a spotlight in nine months (Photo: VNA) During the period, the total export-import turnover of agro-forestry-aquatic products hit 68.92 billion USD, down 7.5% year-on-year....

Winners of the 2023 Investor Relations Best Practice Awards (or IR Awards) were honoured at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on September 28. Honoured categories consist of Individual Investors Best Choice and Financial Institutions Best Assessment for the top three of large cap, mid cap, and small-micro cap firms. (Photo: VNA) Co-organised by Tai Viet...

The 2023 Zhejiang International Trade Exhibition and the 11th Zhejiang Export Fair, the largest and oldest expo independently held by China’s Zhejiang authority in ASEAN, opened at the Hanoi International Convention Centre on September 28. At the opening ceremony of the exhibition (Photo: VNA) The 4,000sq.m expo features 120 booths, displaying products in hardware and machinery, textiles and...

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai and Colombian Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism Soraya Caro Vargas signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on trade, investment, and industrial cooperation, and co-chaired the first meeting of the Joint Economic Committee of the two countries on September 27 in Bogota. Participants at the first meeting...