Trade – Investment

The State Treasury raised over 23.08 trillion VND (1.017 billion USD) worth of Government bonds (G-bond) via 14 auctions held on the primary market on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in January.

The export turnover to Asia-Africa in 2021 made up 50.2% of Vietnam’s total exports to the world, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Fruit and vegetable exports reached nearly 301 million USD in January 2022, up 0.3% compared to December 2021 and a sharp increase compared to 260 million USD of the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association.

During the past 9 days of Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday (from January 29 to February 6), Vietnam’s export and import turnover reached 3.05 billion USD, a sharp increase of 83% compared to the same holiday last year.

The two-way trade between Vietnam and Russia hit 6.3 billion USD in the first 11 months of 2021, up 21.7 percent year-on-year, according to Vietnamese Trade Counselor in Russia Duong Hoang Minh who cited statistics from the Federal Customs Service of Russia.

The Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City People’s Committee has just decided to realize the project of establishing and developing an innovative and highly interactive urban area in the East of the Thu Duc City in the 2020-2025 period, replacing the previous decision.

Despite the difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, exports of goods from Vietnam to Canada still reached 5.3 billion USD in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 20.8%, higher than Canada’s import growth rate of 12.84%, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Canada.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January posted a year-on-year rise of 1.94 percent and inched up by 0.19 percent compared to the previous month, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has announced that 4,850 businesses in the city resumed their operations in January, up 36.3 percent year-on-year, and nearly 500 percent month-on-month.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a strategy for sustainable development of agriculture and rural areas for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

The inflow of foreign investment into Vietnam hit over 2.1 billion as of January 20, up 4.2 percent year-on-year, marking good signals for the country's investment attraction, the latest report from the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) showed.

(CPV) - In 2022, Vietnam’s economy will feature bright colors despite still being affected by the COVID-19 epidemic. That is the forecast of many organizations, financial institutions and the business community.

Vietnamese shrimp exports are anticipated to enjoy robust growth this year thanks to an array of advantages from bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), according to the Directorate of Fisheries.

Viglacera Corporation JSC, the largest real estate and building materials group in Vietnam, has developed 11 industrial parks in Vietnam and one economic zone in Cuba, attracting nearly 15 billion USD worth of foreign direct investment from more than 300 enterprises.

The 5G services are projected to contribute 7.34 percent to Vietnam’s GDP growth in 2025, according to a research by the National Institute of Information and Communications Strategy.

Vietnam exported 287 tonnes of agricultural products to China via Kim Thanh border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai on the first three days of the Lunar New Year (February 1-3).

Import and export activities at Mong Cai International Border Gate (Quang Ninh) have resumed customs clearance after the Tet holiday.

Longdan, the biggest importer of Vietnamese goods in the UK, has recently opened a supermarket in Milton Keynes city, about 80km from London.

Samsung C&T Corp., the construction unit of Samsung Group, has announced it had obtained a plant deal worth 510 million USD from Vietnam.

Customs clearance of goods is set to be resumed at border gates and open roads in the northern province of Quang Ninh from February 7, or the seventh day of the first lunar month.

Vietnam’s economy has gone through a difficult year. In this situation, Resolution 128/NQ-CP adopting provisional guidelines on safe adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic issued by the Government has brought about space for economic development, circulation of goods and business for people and businesses, helping to strongly recover the economy.

The inflow of foreign investment into Vietnam hit over 2.1 billion as of January 20, up 4.2 percent year-on-year, marking good signals for the country's investment attraction, the latest report from the Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) showed.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January posted a year-on-year rise of 1.94 percent and inched up by 0.19 percent compared to the previous month, announced the General Statistics Office (GSO) on January 29.

A record high of 1.35 billion USD was poured into Vietnamese startups last year, making the country among the most attractive destinations for startups in the region.

International railway freight transport service posted positive growth last year and in January, according to the Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR).

Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, trade and investment ties between Vietnam and Canada continued to prosper in 2021 representing important driving forces for the development of bilateral relations.

Remittances to Ho Chi Minh City reached around 6.6 billion USD in 2021, up 9% from the previous year, according to Nguyen Hoang Minh, head of the Vietnam Banks Association’s Office in HCM City.

Vietnam-Australia trade turnover reached 12.4 billion USD in 2021 for the first time, an increase of nearly 50 percent compared to 2020.

A programme on socio-economic recovery and development is set to be issued before the Tet (Lunar New Year), which falls on February 1 this year, according to Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Duy Dong.

(CPV) - Through 16 policy credit programs, more than 117,000 loans have been extended to poor households and other policy beneficiaries, including 3,000 poor households, near-poor households, and households just getting out of poverty.