(Source: VNA)
At this time of the year, farmers in major pepper-growing regions across the country are entering the harvest season for the 2026 crop. With farm-gate prices remaining high, the sector is optimistic that export turnover will continue to grow.
The customs authority said it will intensify monitoring of revenue sources, tighten control over customs valuation, origin and tax policies, and strengthen risk analysis to prevent tax evasion and revenue losses.
Flight VN621 will depart from Ho Chi Minh City at 16:00 and arrive in Phuket at 17:50. On the return leg, flight VN620 will leave Phuket at 18:45 and land in Ho Chi Minh City at 20:55.
Liu Jia, General Director of YADEA Vietnam, said the factory is a key component of YADEA’s global strategy, designed to primarily serve the Vietnamese market in the initial stage, while gradually expanding its capacity to support exports to neighbouring Southeast Asian countries.
Since March 8, following the latest price adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance (MoF), cases of fuel hoarding and queues for stockpiling have declined.
A VRT representative said the adjustment had been carefully considered to partly share the burden of rising fuel costs while still ensuring service quality as well as safe and stable operations.
According to the National Statistics Office (NSO) under the Ministry of Finance, the index of industrial production (IIP) in February was estimated to decrease 18.4% from the previous month but increase 1% year on year. Overall, in the January–February period, the IIP rose 10.4% compared with the same period last year.
In 2025, the provincial People’s Committee licensed 25 new FDI projects and approved capital adjustments for 20 others, bringing the total newly registered and additional investment to more than 1 billion USD. Many large-scale projects in the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone have already become operational, contributing to export growth, state budget revenues and job creation.
The enterprises registered combined capital of about 313.7 trillion VND and more than 167,500 employees. Compared with the same period last year, the number of new businesses surged by 70.7%, while registered capital rose by 36.1% and registered labour increased by 19.1%.
A common feature in many successful economies is a fundamental shift in the perception of private enterprises. In countries such as Singapore, Germany, Republic of Korea (RoK) and China, private firms are viewed not mainly as entities requiring strict control but as development partners and key forces generating growth, jobs and innovation.
Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Duc Chi expressed his hope that with their strengths in technology and international experience, US businesses can contribute significantly to the modernisation of Vietnam’s financial infrastructure and the development of technological solutions for the capital market.
The draft proposes cutting the MFN tariff on unleaded motor gasoline and gasoline blending components such as naphtha and reformate from 10% to 0%. The tariff on diesel fuel, fuel oil, jet fuel and kerosene is also proposed to fall from 7% to 0%.
In the first two months of the year, rice exports reached 1.3 million tonnes valued at 599.3 million USD, up 5% in volume but down 11.2% in value compared with the same period last year.
The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,059 VND/USD on March 9, up 2 VND from the last working day of the previous week.
During the period, 36 new overseas projects were granted investment certificates with total registered capital from Vietnamese investors reaching 532.4 million USD, up 2.3 times compared to the same period last year. In addition, three projects adjusted their capital with an additional 7.8 million USD, 1.5 times higher than a year earlier.
According to Brand Finance’s Banking 500 2026, Vietnam is represented by 13 banking brands in the global rankings, seven of which demonstrate notable double digit-growth over the past year, reflecting a progressive financial ecosystem.
Statistics of Vietnam Customs showed that Vietnam spent more than 1.44 billion USD importing 2.18 million tonnes of petroleum products in the first two months of this year, representing a sharp increase of 31.4% and 43%, respectively, over the same period last year.
A draft circular proposes increasing the threshold to 400 million VND for loans issued by credit institutions and 200 million VND for those provided by people’s credit funds.
PM Chinh encouraged local residents to explore additional crops and livestock suitable for intercropping in order to maximise land use efficiency. Farmers were also urged to strengthen cooperation with one another and with businesses by joining cooperatives, consolidating land resources and working together to expand production and improve incomes.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment (MAE), an estimated 600,000 tonnes of rice worth 370 million USD was exported in January, up 12.4% in volume and 16.9% in value year-on-year. The average export price reached 616.6 USD per tonne, up 4%.
