Keyword: "rising costs"

Business sentiment in Vietnam is rebounding strongly despite a challenging operating environment marked by rising costs and growing global uncertainties, including prolonged geopolitical tensions and trade-related pressures, according to the recently released Business Outlook Study 2026 by the United Overseas Bank (UOB).

Authorities are urgently rolling out measures to stabilise the market as surging input costs place unprecedented pressure on the retail market, with suppliers pushing for price hikes and supermarket systems striving to keep prices in check.

Vietnamese firms are facing steeper cost increases than the global average due to tariffs and trade uncertainty, according to HSBC’s Global Trade Pulse 2025 survey.

Vietnam reported a year-on-year surge of 23.5 percent in exports of textile and garment to earn 18.7 billion USD in the first five months of this year in the midst of lingering market uncertainties coupled with rising prices of inputs.

After a year full of difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many enterprises are still trying to provide their workers with rewards and gifts for the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival, to encourage their spirit and enhance bonds with the enterprises, helping to quickly restore production and maintain jobs and incomes for their employees.

Singapore Airlines has spent 4.4 billion SGD (more than 3.2 billion USD) over the last two months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that has forced governments to close borders to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Several toy makers of the US are intending to move their production facilities in China to other markets, including Vietnam, due to concerns about negative effects from the US-China trade war.