Trading volume

Total trading volume soared to VND16.16 trillion ($702.44 million), equivalent to an entire average trading day so far in January. VND7.74 trillion worth of these transactions belonged to stocks in the VN30 group of HoSE’s largest caps, whose index also plunged 6.25 percent. … [Read more...] about VN-Index plummets over 74 points

Vietnam was China's eighth largest trading partner in 2019 before its rise to sixth in 2020. It is China's eighth largest supplier of goods and fifth largest export market. … [Read more...] about Vietnam becomes 6th largest trading partner for China

The Central Economic Committee, when reviewing economic development in the last five years, said the economy continued growing rapidly, 6 percent per annum. The economy has a scale of $340 billion, which has increased by 1.4 times, ranking fourth in ASEAN.  … [Read more...] about Researchers warn of risks for Vietnam in 2021

On January 18, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan signed an official document about labelling and traceable peach flower trees for the coming Tet holiday. The ministry asked provincial people's committees to tighten management to tighten monitoring and raise public awareness to prevent forest destruction. Depending on each locality, the authorities can use labels to differentiate the trees but they must not create more bureaucracy and troubles for businesses. The ministry will work with localities authorities to find the most suitable solution to this problem. Local authorities were asked to strictly follow the prime ministerial directives about a tree-planting festival this Tet and step up the forest development projects in the first months of 2021. They must report back to the ministry by January 31. During the review meeting for the agriculture sector in 2020, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked local authorities to prevent the exploitation of wild peach … [Read more...] about Home-grown peach flower trees to be labelled

The plan’s next phase took place in 2009-10 with the company implementing five projects of burying electrical and communications wires in some central areas including around the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee building, Ben Thanh Market, and on the main streets of Tran Hung Dao, Le Thanh Ton, and Truong Dinh.  … [Read more...] about A decade of burying tangled wires in Ho Chi Minh City