Economy

Vietnam is expected to be the fastest-growing e-commerce market in Southeast Asia by 2026, with e-commerce Gross Merchandise Value reaching 56 billion USD by 2026, 4.5 times the estimated value of 2021.

In 2021, the total capital plan for implementing public investment projects according to the resolutions of the People's Council of Long An province is more than 5,840 billion VND.

MobiFone has become the first telecoms company to provide Mobile Money services in Vietnam after receiving permission from the State Bank of Vietnam on November 18.

Long An Industry and Trade Promotion Center (Industrial Promotion Center) has coordinated with local authorities and Ba Buoi business households to test and accept the project.

The national plan for e-commerce development in the 2021-2025 period aims to turn e-commerce into one of the pioneering area of the digital economy.

Over the past time, cooperatives in Long An province have made efforts to realize the "dual goal" of focusing on preventing and controlling the Covid-19 epidemic.

Vietnam should step up green agriculture to adapt to the new context, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan said at a seminar in Hanoi on November 16.

Along with implementing safe, flexible adaptation measures and effective control of the Covid-19 epidemic, Long An province are fiercely focusing on implementing the annual resolutions targets 2021 reached the highest level.

The UK's Daily Mail newspaper has published an article hailing Vietnam as one of the world’s economic success stories.

On November 13, the People's Committee of Tan An City, Long An province held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Ward 2 Park, Tan An City.

Financing public investment to generate future growth and to speed up economic recovery post-COVID-19 remained Vietnam's most important challenge in the near future, said economists and policymakers.

The Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture Vietsovpetro has put its new generation unmanned mini oil rig BK-18A into operation.