

Themed Step Together in Digitised World, Vietnam Expo 2025 aims to inject fresh technological momentum into Vietnam's longest-running trade promotion platform.
By 2030, the million-hectare rice project aims to engage two million rice farmers across 1,230 cooperatives and cooperative groups, as well as 210 rice trading enterprises.
The US is now Vietnam's fifth-largest import market, with five import categories exceed 1 billion USD, namely chemicals, animal feed, plastics, materials, and machinery.
Trade between Vietnam and Thailand reached 20.18 billion USD in 2024, up 6.4% year-on-year. Thailand remained Vietnam’s top ASEAN trade partner, accounting for 24% of its total trade with the bloc.
Specific mechanisms and policies are critically important to speeding up the project, helping ensure national energy security and meet power demand of socio-economic development in the new era, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien said.
The high rate of business exits demonstrates the ongoing difficulties within the business sector, signaling that despite improvements in the business environment, more needs to be done to meet the real needs of enterprises.
In the optimistic scenario, the apparatus streamlining efforts will reduce administrative time and costs, and legal policies will be eased, providing vital support for the real estate market.
By 2045, Vietnam's chemical-pharmaceutical industry is expected to become a high-tech, modern industry with competitiveness and to participate in the global value chain.
Vietnamese automaker VinFast delivered more than 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) in the first month of 2025.
The agricultural sector wrapped up 2024 with 62.4 billion USD in export turnover, marking an 18.5% increase against 2023, while achieving a record trade surplus of 18.6 billion USD, surging 53.1%.
A 1,200 MW wind power plant in Nong district, Laos’ Savannakhet province is expected to export 1,526 kWh to Vietnam annually once its first phase completes by the end of 2027, and additionally 1,112 million kWh per year after its second phase becomes operational in 2030./
Over several years, Hanoi has increasingly become an attractive destination for foreign workers, with approximately 10,000 new foreign workers are granted licences to work in the city each year.
Bad debts of commercial banks in Vietnam as of December 31, 2024 hit more than 733.9 trillion VND, an increase of 3.4% compared to the end of 2023, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 24,562 VND/USD on February 14, down 10 VND from the previous day.
Developing a circular economy has been recognised as one of the priority directions to achieve overarching goals such as waste management, efficient resources utilisation, environmental protection, disaster prevention, and climate change adaptation in the country's next development phase.
To date, Bac Giang has developed 479 specialised production zones. These include over 15,000 hectares dedicated to lychee production meeting VietGAP and GlobalGAP standards in Luc Ngan, Tan Yen, and Luc Nam.
Honda Vietnam's motorcycle sales reached 198,911 units, marking a 12.6% decline from January 2024, while it sold 1,826 cars, a 9.7% decrease year-on-year.
As of the end of January, Ho Chi Minh City's total credit balance had reached over 3.94 quadrillion VND (154.6 billion USD), up 0.04% from the end of 2024, and 12.43% year-on-year.
National Highway 61C linking Can Tho city with Hau Giang province will feature four lanes for motor vehicles and two for non-motorized traffic, with an estimated cost of over 5.17 trillion VND (206.8 million USD).
Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Vo Van Minh said that the RoK currently ranks 5th among 65 countries and territories investing in Binh Duong, with 776 projects and total investment amounting to 3.45 billion USD.