Experts believe that European Union’s Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR) compliance will not only elevate export standards.

Vietnam is well-positioned to welcome and cooperate with semiconductor and artificial intelligence (AI) enterprises and investors from around the world, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung told a seminar held in Hanoi on October 1.

International organisations have maintained their robust growth forecasts for Vietnam this year as the economy has bounced back strongly despite external uncertainties and extensive damage caused by Typhoon Yagi.

The State visit to Mongolia by Party General Secretary and State President To Lam is expected to open up new avenues for businesses in both countries to expand their partnerships and explore investment opportunities.

Vice Chairwoman of the People's Committee of the central city of Da Nang Nguyen Thi Anh Thi on September 26 hosted a Thai delegation led by Thai Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City Wiraka Moodhitaporn, and Khon Kaen Deputy Governor Siriwat Pinijpanich, who are in the city to attend the "Meet Thailand in Da Nang" conference.

The air route between the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Phu Quoc island, a tourism hub off the southern province of Kien Giang, will be resumed from October 28.

The 2024 Vietnam Industrial Architecture Awards have honoured eight outstanding architectural projects at a prestigious event held in HCM City.

Many banks have recently announced they are stopping transactions of domestic automated teller machine (ATM) cards with magnetic strips, to ensure security for customers in the context of increasing cyber crimes.

Flight delays have been significant over the past eight months, with 26 per cent of total flights, nearly 46,000, running behind schedule, according to reports from the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV). 

A survey conducted by the real estate agency Savills Vietnam reveals that the country now has more than 400 eco-industrial zones, with the demand for this segment expected to grow in the future.

United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the right to development Surya Deva had a dialogue in Geneva on September 18 with countries on his activities over the past year, during which he highly valued the Vietnamese Government's multidimensional poverty reduction approach.

To promote green innovation in agriculture, Vietnam needs to build a flexible market mechanism to encourage and support the development of environmental agricultural products.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment recently presented to the Government three economic growth trajectories for 2025, with the highest rate forecast at 7.5%.

Australian plums will soon be on shelves in Vietnam under the two-way agricultural market access agreement between the two countries that brings Australian plums to Vietnam and Vietnamese passion fruit to Australia, according to the Australian Government.

The Vietnam Maritime Administration (Vinamarine) under the Ministry of Transport strictly prohibits all acts of taking advantage of emergency situations, storms and floods to raise service prices inconsistent with fluctuations in total costs compared to normal conditions for profiteering.

Dong Tam Group of Vietnam and CS Wind Group of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on September 10 signed a cooperation agreement on land leasing for a large-scale wind power equipment factory in the Mekong Delta province of Long An with a total investment capital of 200 million USD.

Demand for industrial land remains high, especially in the southern region, with ready-built warehouses and factories increasingly attracting investors, according to Savills Vietnam.

Construction on the plant is expected to begin in March 2025 and be completed in January 2028.

Over the past six months, the Vietnamese economy has recorded many important and encouraging achievements, showing the economy’s rebouncing to the pre-COVID-19 level, with many bright spots.

Vietnam ranked 49th out of 89 economies in term of real estate transparency, according to a recent global real estate transparency index (GRETI) 2024 rankings by global property services firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL).