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The Italian Days in Da Nang & Italian Expo Da Nang–Vietnam 2025 will take place at the city’s APEC Park from November 6 to 8, featuring business matching events and cultural exchanges aimed at strengthening ties and trade between Italian and Da Nang partners.
Vietnam’s stock market is riding a historic wave of initial public offerings (IPOs), with projections estimating a potential inflow of up to US$47 billion over the next three years.
Product identification and traceability remain the two pillars of modern market management, Tran Huu Linh, Director General of the Department of Domestic Market Management and Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, said at a conference on October 9 on enhancing the value of Vietnamese products.
The Government has set national development goals for the decade ahead, aiming to raise per capita GDP to around US$8,500 by 2030.
Digital payments are emerging as one of the most dynamic drivers of Vietnam’s economy, with the value of cashless transactions soaring to 26 times the country’s GDP and QR payments growing by more than 81% in the first quarter of 2025.
The overall 5G data consumption in Vietnam has doubled, while the average 5G traffic in Thailand and China has increased by 1.5 times.
Ho Chi Minh City’s economy expanded 7.02% in the first nine months of the year, with momentum building each quarter despite concerns earlier this year about US tariff impacts, according to the municipal Statistics Office.
The Mid-Autumn Festival of 2025 is taking place in Hoi An ancient town, Da Nang city, from October 3–6 with a variety of festive lantern shows, lion dances, lantern processions, and outdoor performances, offering residents and visitors a vibrant celebration rich in cultural identity.
India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated two anti-dumping investigations involving goods originating from Vietnam, specifically solar encapsulant materials and cold-rolled stainless steel of grades 300-400.
Hoang Thi My Tam brought home a bronze medal from the Karate 1 Series A in Kuala Lumpur, which concluded in Malaysia on October 5.