The Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam recommends businesses involved in the production of the goods carefully review the investigation notice and comply with Indian authorities.

The People’s Committee of the central city of Hue on January 1 announced the organisation of the Visit Vietnam Year 2025 and the Hue Festival 2025.

Localities across Vietnam on January 1 organised ceremonies to welcome visitors on the first day of the New Year 2025, pinning high hopes for a prosperous year.

The State Bank of Vietnam has set a credit growth target of 16% for 2025, moving toward eliminating the credit room system to create a more dynamic financial environment.

Vietnam’s economic diplomacy in 2024 has asserted a leading role with remarkable breakthroughs, achieving key objectives and opening up a “grand path” full of hope for fast and sustainable development.

Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man attended a ceremony on December 29 evening to announce the NA's resolution on the establishment of the centrally-run city of Hue and the NA Standing Committee's resolution on the arrangement of its district- and commune-level administrative units for the 2023 - 2025 period.

Carbon is an intangible commodity, but it is a product with significant value and potential for investment and business opportunities. However, it also presents many challenges for Vietnamese businesses that are not yet fully prepared, said experts at a seminar in Hanoi on December 25.

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 at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 25.

Vietnam's aquatic exports reached 10 billion USD in 2024, driven by shrimp and pangasius, despite challenges related to markets, logistics, and raw materials, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) said on December 23.

Vietnam expects to officially export fresh passion fruit to the US in 2025 as negotiations on plant quarantine measures for the fruit near completion, according to the Plant Protection Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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.

The construction industry is estimated to expand at around 7.8- 8.2% this year, the highest rate since 2020, according to a Ministry of Construction report.

A delegation from the Vietnamese Embassy in Mexico led by Ambassador-Designate Nguyen Van Hai has paid a working trip to Guanajuato state to explore opportunities for cooperation between Vietnam and Mexico, as well as between Vietnamese localities and Guanajuato. ​

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has reaffirmed his commitment to welcoming and supporting Vietnamese investors, while receiving Nguyen Van Tuan, General Director of the GELEX Group and Chairman of the Board of Viglacera Corporation, in Havana recently.

Deputy Prime Minister Ho Duc Phoc on December 12 urged ministries and sectors to do their utmost to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s 17 recommendations to lift Vietnam out of its list of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring (grey list) related to money laundering.

V-GREEN, a private firm owned by billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, and Prime Group, a multi-sector conglomerate, on December 11 announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a network of charging stations for VinFast electric vehicles (EVs) in Indonesia, with a projected total investment of up to 1.2 billion USD.

Funabashi Gaku, a senior advisor at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), has made an encouraging assessment about Vietnam’s industrial development prospect and insights into the country’s economic transformation.

Vietnam's Minister of Construction Nguyen Thanh Nghi and Cuba's Minister of Agriculture Ydael Jesus Perez Brito discussed strengthening collaboration in rice production at a meeting in Hanoi on December 9.

VNDirect Research reports that exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in Vietnam continued to experience significant net capital outflows in November, totalling over 1.34 trillion VND (52.8 million USD).

The European Union has agreed to delay but not dilute a landmark deforestation regulation. Environmental NGOs and politicians have warned that the slowdown threatens forests and the climate.