Economy

The AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 will be the last tournament coach Park Hang-seo leads the national men’s team of Vietnam.

The Hanoi Department of Industry and Trade has opened three showrooms of the OCOP programme over the past few days, part of efforts to popularise high-quality specialties of the capital and other localities to local consumers.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has decided to widen the USD/VND spot exchange rate band from +/-3% to +/-5%, effective from October 17.

A delegation of enterprises from Styria, the second biggest in term of area and the fourth populous state of Austria, arrived in Vietnam last weekend to learn more about business opportunities in the Southeast Asian country.

Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exporters need to further enhance deep processing and diversify their export markets to avoid risks when major export markets face difficulties, the Asia-Africa Market Department said.

The draft revised Law on Land is receiving a lot of attention from the public as it will remove the Government’s land price framework to ensure market principles prices.

Vietnam’s 28 coastal localities have scored achievements in fighting illegal, unreported and undocumented (IUU) fishing towards having the “yellow card” warning of the European Commission (EC) lifted.

Overseas investment by Vietnamese firms is growing and can surpass 1 billion USD per year in the future, from about 700 million USD at present, said Chairman of the Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises Nguyen Mai.

Long An province strengthens the inspection and supervision of environmental protection in industrial zones and clusters.

The General Department of Vietnam Customs has asked relevant parties to boost the exportation of agricultural products by rail, especially across the northern border, in response to overloaded land transport and soaring costs.

Tra fish exports to member countries of ASEAN have been rising sharply, and this market is forecast to surpass the European Union in terms of catfish imports from Vietnam in the near future, the Cong Thuong newspaper reported.

Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Xuan Sang has signed a decision approving a project to build a merchant fleet capable of handling a fifth of the country's imports and exports by 2030.