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Under the circular, which will take effect from February 1 next year, the Minister of Construction will grant the permits for cases such as transporting oversized or overweight cargo or other types of goods using specialised vessels; clearing congested cargo, passengers, and luggage at ports when Vietnamese ships are unable to handle them; and conducting disaster relief, disease control, or emergency humanitarian aid.
A CIT rate of 15% applies to enterprises with a total revenue in the preceding year of not more than 3 billion VND (114,000 USD), while a CIT rate of 17% applies to enterprises with a total revenue in the preceding year of over 3 billion VND but not more than 50 billion VND.
Mr. Vinod Ahuja, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Representative for Vietnam hails Vietnam’s progress in sustainable agriculture, particularly low-emission rice, in an exclusive interview with the Vietnam News Agency as 2025 wraps up.
The GOE Alliance was officially launched at the Autumn Economic Forum in November 2025, bringing together technology firms, financial institutions, policy experts and international partners, including Viettel Digital Services, Dragon Capital, Tether, Ava Labs, Sky Mavis, Republic and Onchain Academy. The alliance aims to pilot on-chain economic models within a policy-oriented legal framework.
The country recorded its first trade surplus in 2012 and has maintained a continuous streak of surplus for 10 years since 2016. The surplus grew steadily, hitting 19.9 billion USD in 2020, a record of 28.3 billion USD in 2023, and 24.9 billion USD in 2024.
With the current trading band of +/- 5%, the ceiling rate applicable for commercial banks during the day is 26,406 VND/USD, and the floor rate 23,892 VND/USD.
The structure of the revenue continues to shift towards sustainability, with the production and business sector playing a leading role.
The substantive tariff preferences under VIFTA have quickly encouraged businesses from both countries to expand transactions, which have been translated directly into tangible trade growth.
The festival functions as a space to bring together regional OCOP excellence, a forum connecting OCOP stakeholders with distributors, investors, experts and consumers, and a platform to spread pride in indigenous culture, local knowledge, and the aspiration for legitimate prosperity.
The Startup Festival 2025 marked the largest annual event summarising a year-long startup support programme.
The Party and State continue to define infrastructure development as one of the three strategic breakthroughs, with priority given to building comprehensive and modern infrastructure, particularly transport facilities, technological infrastructure, and green – digital transition infrastructure, to help realise the national target of double-digit growth, the PM said.
The parties are finalising terms of reference that will define the scope, structure, and methodology for talks, according to a statement posted on the Brazilian government's website.
Green growth and sustainable development are not an easy path, but they promise many “sweet fruits” commensurate with businesses’ efforts.
The IFC establishment is an urgent requirement in reality and based on Vietnam’s potential, advantages, and epochal vision for fast and sustainable development.
To achieve the industry's targets, enterprises must accelerate market, product, and customer diversification while boosting investment attraction to the supply segments Vietnam still faces shortages in, and developing human resources in parallel with science and technology promotion.
Pat O’Riordan, ASEAN Director at Enterprise Ireland – the Irish Government’s enterprise development agency, underscored Vietnam’s increasingly important role in Ireland’s cooperation strategy in ASEAN.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh noted that since the rollout of Resolution 68, alongside supporting resolutions from the National Assembly (NA) and Government, there has been a marked change in understanding the private sector’s critical position and role in Vietnam’s socialist-oriented market economy.
The private sector has shown marked progress eight months after the launch of Resolution 68, registering about 18,000 new enterprises monthly and pushing the nationwide total to nearly 1.1 million, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told the third meeting of the National Steering Committee in Hanoi on December 20.
Under the revised Law on the Capital, Hoa Lac is set to benefit from special mechanisms, aimed at addressing long-standing infrastructure bottlenecks, strengthening regional linkages and mobilising financial resources
The festival is seen a practical activity celebrating the achievements made by the capital and the country in 2025, affirming OCOP’s role in rural economic development, contributing to realising Vietnam’s aspiration for strong economic growth in the context of deep integration.
