The Hanoitimes – Core inflation in the first seven months this year picked up 1.89% year-on-year. Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) saw an increase of 0.18% in July against the previous month, up 1.59% versus the end of 2018 and 2.44% year-on-year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO). This resulted in an increase of 2.61% […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – FDI commitments in the January – July period totaled US$20.2 billion, down 13.45% year-on-year. Disbursement of FDI projects in Vietnam totaled US$10.55 billion in the seven-month period, representing an increase of 6.63% year-on-year, a report of the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) under the Ministry of Planning and Investment has shown. Meanwhile, FDI commitments […]
Read MoreVietnam has climbed up three places to 42nd in the 2019 Global Innovation Index, behind Singapore and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. The country has performed better than some of its Southeast Asian neighbors on the global list, moving ahead of Thailand (43rd), the Philippines (54th), Indonesia (85th) and Cambodia (98th). Singapore (8th) and Malaysia (35th) […]
Read MoreThe Hanoitimes – The Vietnamese government is targeting to end the use of single-use plastics by 2025 as part of international efforts to tackle this global issue. Vietnam considers marine waste a matter of global urgency that poses major threats to the marine environment, according to Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Ministry of […]
Read MoreThailand and Indonesia hold the lion’s share of Vietnam’s car imports amidst challenges as the country seeks to prioritize local manufacturing. The two countries accounted for 88.7 percent of Vietnam’s total car imports in the first six months of this year, latest data from Vietnam Customs show. Imports of cars with 9 seats or less from […]
Read MoreHCM CITY — Foreign investors are getting access to various master plans and priority infrastructure projects and hearing directly from policymakers and authorities at the Infrastructure Vietnam Summit that opened on Thursday in HCM City. Held for the first time, the two-day event is focused on attracting foreign direct investment in the infrastructure and construction […]
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