Economy

Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia and the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada held a webinar on May 27 to discuss opportunities for local firms in investing in Vietnam.

Commodity-oriented rice production is the goal that Huong Trang Cooperative is aiming to exploit potentials and strengths in the locality, ensuring the link between production and consumption.

Vietnamese agricultural products have won the taste of Chinese consumers in recent years due to their quality as well as improvement in businesses’ supply capacity, a trade promotion official has said.

Vietnamese products, including various farm produce, were on display at the 7th African Investment and Trade Forum held in the Algerian capital city of Algiers on May 24 – 25.

On May 25th, Former State President Truong Tan Sang attended to survey such projects in Duc Hoa district of Long An Province as Duc Hoa III Industrial Park, Nam Thuan Industrial Park, IDICO Industrial Park.

The southern province of Binh Duong surpassed Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to top the nation’s per capita monthly income in 2020, the General Statistics Office has said.

The General Department of Taxation under the Ministry of Finance is studying a proposal on increasing the threshold of taxable revenue for individual landlords renting out houses.

Conducting an initial public offering to list on a foreign stock exchange not only helps Vietnamese companies attract investors but also strengthens their status and the country’s profile in the world.

The S&P Global Ratings announced on May 21 that it has retained Vietnam’s sovereign credit rating, improving its economic outlook to 'positive' from 'stable'.

The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Trade Office in Japan will jointly organise an online conference on June 2.

Fruit, vegetable export of Vietnam reached 1.35 billion USD in the first four months of this year.

Over the past years, the VnSAT Project has supported the Agriculture sector of Vinh Hung district in terms of improving agricultural production knowledge for farmers.