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Analysts identify rising operational costs as the key factor behind the exodus. In 2025, platforms simultaneously rolled out fee hikes ranging from 10–15%, significantly increasing the financial burden on merchants.
Although the volume of individual shipments remains relatively modest, industry experts say the steady flow of exports reflects stable demand in the EU for high-quality rice.
Thai Ambassador Urawadee Sriphiromya praised Phu Tho’s development orientations, stating that stronger partnerships in investment, trade, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges are highly feasible.
With a population exceeding 100 million and a rapidly expanding middle class, Vietnam is regarded as a highly promising market for fashion, footwear and apparel.
Vietnam is gradually becoming a strategic destination for high-quality global FDI. Investment flows are increasingly directed toward sectors such as high-tech manufacturing, electronics, digital infrastructure, modern logistics, and industries that are closely linked to global supply chains.
Vietnam places top priority on the highest standards of nuclear safety and security, environmental protection, human resources development, and the establishment of a legal framework aligned with international practices.
This collaboration marks the first engagement between Ericsson and VNPT in the airport industry, leveraging advanced cellular connectivity to enable greater agility and advance airport operations across the country.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,321 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,815 VND/USD.
For the entire year, VinFast delivered 196,919 electric cars, a surge of 102% compared with 2024.
In addition to food safety regulations, the US continues to closely monitor the origin of imported seafood through the Seafood Import Monitoring Programme (SIMP) administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Requirements linked to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) are also a major concern for businesses.
The PM stressed that fuel shortages must not occur under any circumstances while prices should follow market fluctuations with appropriate state regulation.
The agreement is expected to significantly strengthen trade and investment links between Vietnam and Switzerland, as well as between Vietnam and EFTA members, while enhancing regional supply chains and promoting sustainable growth.
The PM stressed that the goal is to transform these special economic zones into key growth engines for their respective localities, regions and the entire country.
Analysts say political stability and clearer reform orientations are laying the foundation for the country’s next growth phase while reinforcing investor confidence amid global uncertainty.
Under the resolution, the Ministry of Finance will continue to lead the appraisal process, with the Minister of Finance serving as chairman of the appraisal council for the pre-feasibility study report of the project’s adjusted investment policy, as assigned by the Prime Minister in Notice No. 21/TB-VPCP dated January 11, 2026.
The wood sector remains one of Vietnam’s key export industries in 2025, with export turnover of timber and wood products reaching about 17.2 billion USD.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,068 VND/USD on March 16, up 3 VND from the March 13 session.
Vietnam’s cashew industry recorded export turnover of about 5.5 billion USD in 2025, the highest level ever. He noted that the result reflects the industry’s remarkable development, dynamism and timely adaptation to complex and unpredictable challenges both domestically and globally.
Without a management team knowledgeable about the international financial market, and without experts capable of designing products, operating trading infrastructure and monitoring risks, even advanced mechanisms and policies will be difficult to be carried out.
Vietnamese officials and businesses have explored measures to strengthen economic and trade ties with Indonesia and promote the Vietnam–Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership, focusing on supporting Vietnamese companies to expand investment and operations in Indonesia.
