VOV.VN - The Vietnam International Trade Fair for Apparel, Textiles and Textile Technologies 2026 (VIATT 2026) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on February 26, with 450 textile and garment enterprises participating to strengthen trade ties and expand orders.
Since the beginning of 2024, Ho Chi Minh City has removed the registration of 1,662 fishing vessels that were damaged, no longer operational, or ineligible under regulations.
Following the nine-day Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, the labour market in Ho Chi Minh City has swiftly regained momentum, with recruitment demand rising sharply across key sectors.
VOV.VN - Hanoi has set a target of building one to three enterprises capable of ranking among Southeast Asia’s Top 500 companies, as the capital moves to restructure its state sector and strengthen its role in key strategic industries.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s coffee exports exceeded US$1 billion in January 2026, marking a strong start to the year for the world’s largest robusta producer, though global supply recovery could weigh on prices in the months ahead.
VOV.VN - Da Nang is accelerating its ambition to become a regional innovation hub, deepening ties with partners from Dubai and global investors as part of a broader strategy to position the city at the forefront of digital and emerging technologies.
Vietnam Airlines will temporarily suspend all flights to and from Lien Khuong International Airport in Lam Dong province from March 4 to August 25, following the airport’s scheduled closure for runway and taxiway repairs.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s tilapia exports are recording strong growth amid fluctuations in the global seafood market, with the US leading the surge as shipments to the highly lucrative market posted triple-digit growth of 173% in 2025.
VOV.VN - The Government of Vietnam on February 24 issued a resolution on an Action Programme to implement the Politburo’s Resolution 79 on the development of the state sector.
France’s public investment bank Bpifrance has recently ranked Vietnam among the five most promising export destinations for French companies in 2026, alongside Indonesia, Morocco, Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Petrovietnam Ca Mau Fertiliser Corporation (PVCFC), a subsidiary of Vietnam National Industry – Energy Group (Petrovietnam), has successfully exported its first shipment of 40,000 tonnes of fertiliser to the US, one of the world’s largest and most demanding import markets.
The strategy for 2026–2030 must continue to ensure progress and equity in equal access to finance and credit for all groups, leaving no one behind in the development process, particularly those in rural, remote, mountainous, border, and island areas; poor households, students, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
Major fuel distributors and domestic refineries are accelerating preparations to ensure sufficient supply, infrastructure and technical capacity for the nationwide sale of E10 biofuel starting June 1.
Nearly one year since the issuance of the Politburo’s Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on private sector development, significant shifts in governance thinking, coupled with the private sector’s proactive adaptation, have generated fresh momentum for the economy.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s securities sector has set key goals for 2026, including market upgrade, enhanced transparency and the early launch of carbon credit and digital asset trading platforms.
Resolution No. 79-NQ/TW, issued by the Politburo on January 6, 2026, reaffirms the leading role of the state sector in the socialist-oriented market economy while requesting stronger governance reform, deeper power decentralisation, more effective public investment, and expanded cooperation with the private sector.
Ho Chi Minh City is witnessing a structural shift in foreign direct investment (FDI), marked by the emergence of billion-dollar projects in data centres, digital infrastructure and financial technology.
VOV.VN - UNIVACCO Technology Inc., a Tainan-based technology manufacturer, has chosen Vietnam as its strategic production base in Southeast Asia after leasing nearly 30,000 square meters of industrial land at Long Thanh Industrial Park in Vietnam’s southern Dong Nai province.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s God of Wealth Day, observed on the 10th day of the first lunar month and falling on February 26 in 2026, has long been associated with buying gold for good fortune.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s durian prices have surged to record levels after the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, driven by robust demand from China and a near absence of regional competitors.
During the nine-day Lunar New Year break, the rail sector operated more than 1,800 train services, ensuring safety and meeting high travel demand.
Over the nine days of Tet, Hanoi’s two urban railway lines, Cat Linh–Ha Dong Line 2A and Nhon–Hanoi Railway Station Line 3.1, handled over 243,000 passenger trips, marking a year-on-year increase of more than 32% compared to Tet 2025.
Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang, who heads the Central Steering Committee for the 2026 Economic Census, has affirmed that initial results of the census will be announced on June 30, 2026, seven months earlier than originally scheduled.
Sustained remittance inflows, coupled with breakthrough changes in the legal framework governing land, housing and real estate business activities, are opening up significant opportunities for overseas Vietnamese to invest more in the domestic property market.
VOV.VN - Encouraging results at the start of 2026 are opening new prospects and creating fresh impetus for growth across Vietnam’s tourism sector.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s stock market rallied sharply on February 23, its first trading day following the nine-day Lunar New Year holiday, with the benchmark VN-Index climbing nearly 2% on strong buying interest across most sectors.
VOV.VN - Vietnam’s lobster exports to China continued their upward trajectory in January, rising 6% year on year to US$100.2 million, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).
Vietnam considers Intel Corporation a long-term strategic partner in developing the country’s semiconductor industry, said Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang.
Even as a sluggish global recovery, rising protectionism, tighter technical standards continue to pose challenges, agriculture, environment sector is carving out new growth opportunities by restructuring production, stepping up business initiative and shifting its growth model, with exports targeted at US$74 billion.
VOV.VN - Amid continued fluctuations in the global economy, 2026 has been identified as a pivotal year for Vietnam to reposition its foreign direct investment (FDI) strategy toward higher-quality capital flows with stronger technological content, higher added value and broader spillover effects.
VOV.VN - In the new era, Vietnam needs national enterprises that advance together with national development, thus contributing to a self-reliant, resilient and independent economy. That also requires the State to adopt a concrete strategy to build strong national enterprises.