Coastal localities nationwide have implemented practical and effective activities and specific measures, demonstrating their determination to join the nation’s efforts to have the “yellow card” that the European Commission (EC) has imposed on Vietnamese seafood regarding illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing lifted in 2024.

The Ministry of Construction has proposed a 100 trillion VND (3.9 billion USD) credit package, funded by Government bonds, to develop social housing.

The Da Nang Hi-Tech Park continues to strengthen its position as a leading investment hub with the recent in-principle approval of a 177-million-USD project by Dentium Co., Ltd., from the Republic of Korea (RoK).This significant investment brings the total registered foreign direct investment (FDI) in the park to 875.2 million USD, spanning 13 projects.

MISS EDE, a coffee brand under the Dak-Lak-based EDE Farm Trade Service LLC, held a ceremony in the Central Highlands province’s Buon Ma Thuot city on December 1 to mark the shipment of its first roasted coffee container to the US.

A framework agreement was recently signed in Halberstadt city, Harz district, Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state to strengthen the partnership in training and recruiting Vietnamese labourers.

Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), had a meeting in New York on November 21 with President of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Philemon Yang who congratulated Vietnam on the country’s re-election to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) for the 2025-2031 term.

Speculation and manipulation are among factors which have inflated housing prices in major cities recently, in addition to increases in land-related costs and limited supply, according to the Ministry of Construction.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 25 ordered relevant ministries and localities to intensify state management over e-commerce.

Vietnam has adopted a national action plan on digital economy development, which outlines key tasks and solutions for the 2024-2025 period.

Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Do Thanh Trung has announced that his ministry received over 3.34 million USD funded by Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to promote circular economy and mitigate climate change impacts in industrial zones in Vietnam.

Cooperation in the Halal industry can help Vietnamese products reach nearly 2 billion Muslim consumers worldwide, representing over 24% of the global population, according to Malaysia’s Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Despite challenges in the global rice market, Vietnam's is still on a right track to a new export volume record of over 8 million tonnes in 2024, surpassing last year’s result, according to insiders.

The new law aims to improve the efficiency and reliability of Jordan’s electricity infrastructure and introduces the concept of energy storage in the country’s legislation for the first time.

After a strong surge in sales in September when the Vietnamese automobile market saw a 45% increase, an increase was still recorded in October, though at a more modest rate.

Vietnamese representative agencies abroad should uphold their role in providing information and advising on policies related to foreign affairs, thus contributing to further enhancing Vietnam’s relations with other countries, particularly between the country’s localities and their partners.

A Vietnam-France Investment and Trade Promotion Seminar was held in Paris on November 13 to strengthen connections and seek cooperation opportunities between the Mekong Delta province of Long An and France.

Vietnam’s total retail sales of consumer goods and services saw a year-on-year increase of 8.5% to over 5,246 trillion VND (207.5 billion USD) during January – October, the General Statistics Office (GSO) reported.

The annual Vietnamese Goods Week has arrived in Udon Thani province of Thailand, transforming it into a vibrant marketplace for Vietnamese products.

From January to October, the manufacturing and processing sector attracted the lion's share of foreign investment with $17.1 billion, down 14 per cent year-on-year, which is equivalent to 62.6 per cent of the total.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications and the Francophone University Agency (AUF) organised an international conference on November 4 discussing ways to branch out high-quality labour force for the southern economic hub’s development of smart urban areas.