Vietnam aims for a healthy and sustainable trade partnership with all key partners. Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed off decision No.493 approving the country’s trade strategy until 2030, which targets export growth of 6-7% during the 2021-2030 period. Under the strategy, Vietnam’s exports are expected to expand by 8-9% in 2021-2025, and […]
Read MoreVietnam has been listed among the world’s top 10 countries having the largest number of smartphone users this year. BankMyCell, a leading trade and comparison website in the United States, recently reported that Vietnam has a total of approximately 61.37 million smartphone users out of nearly 100 million people, ranking 10th in the top ten. China […]
Read MoreVietnam can become the second largest digital economy in Southeast Asia in 2025, while the country’s e-commerce market will draw more large-scale businesses, forecast experts at an online seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on April 20. They also said that online businesses will involve more economic sectors and more big players in the time […]
Read MoreUp to 104,000 single-use plastic bags are used at supermarkets each day, equivalent to 38 million bags a year. Retailers that provide single-use plastic bags to customers will be fined from 2026, said an official of the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) at a seminar summarising the PLASTIC ALLIANCE […]
Read MoreFiscal policies such as tax cuts and freezing of payments have been supportive of the overall efforts of keeping inflation at bay. Vietnam has succeeded in containing the inflation despite the high inflationary pressure on the economy, according to Deputy Minister of Finance Vo Thanh Hung. In the first quarter of 2022, Vietnam’s consumer price […]
Read MoreEight local and foreign industry associations have proposed the Government postpone the minimum regional wage hike until January 1, 2023, instead of July 1 this year as proposed by the National Wage Council. The eight associations comprise the Japan Business Association in Vietnam, the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, the Vietnam Textile and […]
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