Economy and commerce

Việt Nam ranked ninth out of 20 economies in the Sustainable Trade Index 2018 released by the Hinrich Foundation last week, up up two points in comparison with 2016’s result. The report was developed by the non-profit foundation Hinrich Foundation and British research and analysis firm The Economist ...

The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is expected to create 17,000 to 20,000 jobs each year for Vietnamese workers, said Dao Quang Vinh, director of the Institute of Labor Science and Social Affairs, under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.Keep ...

Vietnam’s National Assembly has ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership which will take effect at the year’s end after Australia became the sixth nation to ratify it last month. Keep reading  ...

The Ministry of Public Security has publicized a long-waited draft decree providing guidelines to implement a cybersecurity law. The draft required firms providing a range of services, including email or social media, to set up offices in Vietnam.Keep reading   ...

Lack of attention to registering brand names and geographical indications is causing difficulties to Vietnamese agricultural products, which are sometimes shut out of other markets after their names are usurped by others.Keep reading ...

Cheating and overexploitation of workers are among the myriad of negative impacts FDI has had on Vietnam. Keep reading ...

Vietnam has seen a considerable increase in GDP per capita, but more efforts were needed to achieve the goal of USD3,200 by 2020.[]The country’s GDP per capita in 2018 would reach USD2,540; up USD155 compared to the figure of 2017 and USD325 against 2016. It ...

Việt Nam is reaping the benefits of a national strategy laid out 10 years ago to garner riches from the country’s long coastline, over 3,000 islands and abundant water areas three times the size of its land mass.Keep reading   ...

Vietnam will get selective with new FDI projects, rejecting those that don’t benefit the country, a senior official says. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung said even though FDI projects have made remarkable contributions to the Vietnamese economy, there were several drawbacks to ...

Vietnam’s trade as a percentage of GDP topped 200 percent last year, highest for any country with over 50 million people. This data, compiled by the World Bank, shows that the country is reaping the benefits of an open economy at a time that protectionism ...