Vietnam remains an attractive market in the eyes of investors with clear advantages such as a quality workforce and a large domestic market of high potential. Vietnam remains the top favorite of Japanese business people among ASEAN countries, where 55.3% of them look to expand their operations in the next one to two years, up […]
Read MoreIn Vietnam, 2021 was a year of land fever. A shabby home in Colorado was offered for sale for nearly $600,000. The sellers saw it as a test because they thought no one would buy it, but surprisingly many people inquired about it, including those willing to pay in cash. Real estate fever has been […]
Read MoreVIETNAM’S gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2022 likely to reach 8 per cent through “favourable base effects and the restart of various growth engines”, said DBS Group Research in a report on Wednesday (Jan 19). This is a sharp increase from the country’s 2021 GDP growth of 2.6 per cent, “the slowest in 30 […]
Read MoreThe HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority said the city’s industrial parks and processing zones hope to attract investment worth US$500 million this year. They attracted $600.79 million last year, well above the target, including foreign investment of $220.26 million, it said. Speaking at a meeting held to finalise plans for 2022 last […]
Read MoreDespite Vietnam’s commitment to reduce coal-dependent power resources in the long term, the sector’s black diamonds are in huge demand by the country’s electricity plants, which may face shortages due to a trade ban from Indonesia. On January 1, Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced a temporary ban on coal exports until the […]
Read MoreAn International Labor Organization (ILO) report estimates the number of unemployed workers in Vietnam this year at 1.3 million, higher than the 1.2 million last year. The figures were mentioned in a Monday ILO press release marking publishing of its report titled: “World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022.” The 2022 unemployment projection is equal […]
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