Vietnam's pharmaceutical imports reached nearly US$3.15 billion million in the past nine months of this year, marking an increase of 24.2% compared to the same period in 2023, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.

Due to market challenges and internal factors within the industry, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Tran Thanh Nam predicts that Vietnam’s handicraft export value in 2024 might only reach about US$2 billion.

Two of the brightest ideas from the youngest generation of Vietnamese students have won top prizes at a national innovation competition.

The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued the final affirmative countervailing duty determination on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

The US dollar may further strengthen against the Vietnamese dong to hit VND25,400 per dollar at the end of this month, according to experts.

The UK Government has always been a partner of Vietnam in its energy transition, affirmed British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Alexandra Smith.

According to the updated World Economic Outlook 2025 report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Vietnam's economy is projected to grow by 6.1% next year.

The central province of Quang Nam has proposed hosting the first ever international Ngoc Linh ginseng (Panax vietnamensis, or Vietnamese ginseng) festival next year – an event to push the brand and promote investment opportunities for international partners in the central province.

Around 150 rock-climbing lovers partook in Rocktober 2024, Vietnam’s largest annual “rock-climbing festival”, in HCM City on October 19 and 20.

Prices of fresh areca nuts in Vietnam have surged to record highs, primarily driven by strong demand from China.