Vietnamese seafood poised to expand market share in Japan

Vietnamese seafood poised to expand market share in Japan

VOV.VN - Vietnamese seafood exports to Japan reached US$1.445 billion over the past ten months of the year, standing out despite a contracting Japanese market caused by inflation, a weakened yen, and subdued consumer spending.

Hai Phong boosts investment ties with Czech Republic
Vietnam Grand Sale 2025 launched to stimulate consumer spending
Vietnam’s first non-life insurance firm honoured at awards ceremony
Vietnam’s first non-life insurance firm honoured at awards ceremony

PVI Insurance, the first and only non-life insurance company in Vietnam, has triumphed by winning in two categories: General Insurance of the Year and Underwriting Initiative of the Year at the Insurance Asia News (IAN) Awards for Excellence 2025.

Vietnam’s first non-life insurance firm honoured at awards ceremony
AEON Vietnam breaks ground on shopping centre in Dong Thap
AEON Vietnam breaks ground on shopping centre in Dong Thap

AEON Vietnam broke ground on construction for the AEON My Tho Shopping Centre in Dong Thap Province on November 29.

AEON Vietnam breaks ground on shopping centre in Dong Thap
PM bets big on female entrepreneurs to drive double-digit growth
PM bets big on female entrepreneurs to drive double-digit growth

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed confidence that Vietnamese women will gain even greater footing in the marketplace, forging ahead with bolder strides in production and trade, harnessing sci-tech, driving digital transformation and green transition.

PM bets big on female entrepreneurs to drive double-digit growth
Science and technology a key driver of private economic development
Science and technology a key driver of private economic development

VOV.VN - Promoting science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation is among the key measures outlined in the Politburo’s Resolution 68 on developing the private economic sector.

Science and technology a key driver of private economic development
“Hidden currents” from US market challenge Vietnam’s seafood sector
“Hidden currents” from US market challenge Vietnam’s seafood sector

VOV.VN - Despite maintaining growth momentum during the past ten months of 2025, Vietnam’s seafood exports, particularly freshwater fish to the United States are confronting increasing difficulties due to complex trade barriers.

“Hidden currents” from US market challenge Vietnam’s seafood sector
Vietnam’s gold rush: Panic buying exposes market gaps and legal blind spots
Vietnam’s gold rush: Panic buying exposes market gaps and legal blind spots

Gold prices in Vietnam have surged 84% since the beginning of 2025, outpacing the 62% global rise and triggering a wave of panic buying across the country.

Vietnam’s gold rush: Panic buying exposes market gaps and legal blind spots
Ministry proposes increasing tax-free revenue threshold for household businesses
Ministry proposes increasing tax-free revenue threshold for household businesses

The Ministry of Finance has proposed raising the annual revenue threshold for exemption of personal income tax for household businesses from VND100 million (US$3,790) currently to VND 500 million.

Ministry proposes increasing tax-free revenue threshold for household businesses
Vietnam’s Geneva Mission bridges localities with green finance
Vietnam’s Geneva Mission bridges localities with green finance

Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to Geneva will continue to act as a bridge between Vietnamese localities and international organisations in Geneva to promote substantive cooperation in green finance, sustainable agriculture, and trade, Minister Counsellor Cung Duc Han affirmed.

Vietnam’s Geneva Mission bridges localities with green finance
Vietnamese products and fruits promoted to Chinese businesses and consumers
Vietnamese products and fruits promoted to Chinese businesses and consumers

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in China, in coordination with Wumart Group and Goodfarmer Group, on November 29 organized the “Vietnamese Goods Day in China and Vietnam Fruit Festival” at a Wumart retail supermarket in Beijing.

Vietnamese products and fruits promoted to Chinese businesses and consumers
Digital Industry and Trade Summit highlights supply chain digitalization and green growth
Digital Industry and Trade Summit highlights supply chain digitalization and green growth

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) will convene the third Vietnam Digital Industry and Trade Summit 2025 on December 3 in Hanoi, focusing on three key priorities: full digitalization of production and trade supply chains, broad application of emerging technologies, and promotion of green transformation in energy, logistics, and e-commerce.

Digital Industry and Trade Summit highlights supply chain digitalization and green growth
Vietnamese textile and footwear attract buyers at Global Sourcing Expo
Vietnamese textile and footwear attract buyers at Global Sourcing Expo

VOV.VN - Buyers have showed strong interest and positive impressions of displayed products, with nearly 100 requesting assistance from Vietnam’s trade office to connect with local textile and footwear suppliers.

Vietnamese textile and footwear attract buyers at Global Sourcing Expo
Poland ratifies EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement
Poland ratifies EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement

VOV.VN - Poland has officially completed the final procedures to ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), after President Karol Nawrocki signed the ratification act on November 27.

Poland ratifies EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement
Vietnam, China strengthen cooperation in digital economy, green transition
Vietnam, China strengthen cooperation in digital economy, green transition

Vietnam and China still have ample room to promote cooperation in digital economy and green transition towards the goal of sustainable development, heard the Vietnam–China Business Seminar, organised in Ho Chi Minh City on November 27, as part of the 2025 Autumn Economic Forum.

Vietnam, China strengthen cooperation in digital economy, green transition
Ca Mau bolsters formal crab exports toward sustainable value chain
Ca Mau bolsters formal crab exports toward sustainable value chain

VOV.VN - Ca Mau province in southern Vietnam is moving toward formal crab exports and building a sustainable value chain for its crab sector.

Ca Mau bolsters formal crab exports toward sustainable value chain
Gia Lai approves three super marina tourism projects
Gia Lai approves three super marina tourism projects

The central province of Gia Lai on November 28 handed over investment licences to Arque Degi JSC for implementation of three strategic floating urban - tourism projects with a combined capital of about VND8.5 trillion (US$322.31 million).

Gia Lai approves three super marina tourism projects
Vietnam underscores cooperatives’ role at ICA-AP Regional Assembly
Vietnam underscores cooperatives’ role at ICA-AP Regional Assembly

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Cooperative Alliance (VCA) has made a strong impression at the 17th International Cooperative Alliance-Asia and Pacific (ICA-AP 17) Regional Assembly in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reaffirming that cooperatives are not only a key economic force but also pivotal in promoting green transition, enhancing competitiveness, and regional connectivity.

Vietnam underscores cooperatives’ role at ICA-AP Regional Assembly
Over 800 firms join int’l machinery - technology exhibition series in HCM City
Over 800 firms join int’l machinery - technology exhibition series in HCM City

VOV.VN - A series of international machinery and technology expos is underway in Ho Chi Minh City from November 27 to 29, attracting over 800 domestic and foreign enterprises from more than 15 countries around the world.

Over 800 firms join int’l machinery - technology exhibition series in HCM City
Conference highlights challenges to Vietnam’s economy amid global turbulence
Conference highlights challenges to Vietnam’s economy amid global turbulence

VOV.VN - The National Economics University (NEU) and the Australian National University (ANU), jointly held an international conference in Hanoi on November 27–28 to identify major challenges confronting Vietnam’s economy in an increasingly volatile global trade and economic environment.

Conference highlights challenges to Vietnam’s economy amid global turbulence
Whitefish shortage in EU opens market opportunities for Vietnam’s pangasius
Whitefish shortage in EU opens market opportunities for Vietnam’s pangasius

VOV.VN - The European Union (EU) is confronting a tightening supply of whitefish, creating an opening for Vietnam’s Tra fish (pangasius) industry.

Whitefish shortage in EU opens market opportunities for Vietnam’s pangasius
Vietnam’s strategy and actions for green transition in digital era
Vietnam’s strategy and actions for green transition in digital era

International experts at the Autumn Economic Forum 2025 have acknowledged Vietnam’s strong commitment to the global shift toward a green transition in the digital era, with leaders at all levels outlining clear strategies and demonstrating firm, results-driven action toward sustainable development.

Vietnam’s strategy and actions for green transition in digital era
Da Nang enters global Top 1,000 startup ecosystems for first time
Da Nang enters global Top 1,000 startup ecosystems for first time

Da Nang has made its debut in the world’s Top 1,000 startup ecosystems, a milestone that underscores the city’s accelerating innovation agenda, according to StartupBlink’s 2024 global ranking.

Da Nang enters global Top 1,000 startup ecosystems for first time
Vietnam, Australia hold financial policy dialogue
Vietnam, Australia hold financial policy dialogue

The Vietnam – Australia financial policy dialogue is taking place in Hanoi on November 27–28 as part of the action plan for implementing the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance and the Australian Treasury for the 2024–2028 period.

Vietnam, Australia hold financial policy dialogue
PM pledges green growth, urges EU members to ratify EVIPA
PM pledges green growth, urges EU members to ratify EVIPA

Vietnamese Government committed to rapidly resolving obstacles for foreign investors and welcomed European firms to join the country’s high-growth, green transition agenda.

PM pledges green growth, urges EU members to ratify EVIPA
Gov’t meets with firms seeking to invest in North–South high-speed railway
Gov’t meets with firms seeking to invest in North–South high-speed railway

VOV.VN - Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Hoa Bình and Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha held a working session on November 27 with representatives of several ministries and five firms expressing interest in the North–South high-speed railway project.

Gov’t meets with firms seeking to invest in North–South high-speed railway
Vietnam, RoK eye stronger cooperation in distribution, logistics
Vietnam, RoK eye stronger cooperation in distribution, logistics

The 6th Vietnam – Korea policy dialogue on distribution and logistics was held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources (MOTIR) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on November 26, aiming to foster partnership in this industry.

Vietnam, RoK eye stronger cooperation in distribution, logistics
Da Nang promotes AI workforce development and technology transfer
Da Nang promotes AI workforce development and technology transfer

VOV.VN - The Da Nang People’s Committee in collaboration with SuperEdge and AI Research Labs at Columbia University (USA) hosted the SuperEdge AI Summit 2025 on November 27, signaling the city’s push to expand cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI) training and technology transfer.

Da Nang promotes AI workforce development and technology transfer
Petrol prices drop to below VND20,000 per litre in latest adjustment
Petrol prices drop to below VND20,000 per litre in latest adjustment

VOV.VN - The retail prices of oil and petrol were adjusted down to below VND20,000 per litre as of 3 p.m. on November 27 following a decision made by the Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Petrol prices drop to below VND20,000 per litre in latest adjustment
China officially agrees to import Vietnam’s fresh jackfruit
China officially agrees to import Vietnam’s fresh jackfruit

VOV.VN - China has officially agreed to allow the import of fresh jackfruit from Vietnam, opening a new avenue for Vietnamese agricultural exports to the Chinese market.

China officially agrees to import Vietnam’s fresh jackfruit
EU pledges to support Vietnam’s long-term green transition
EU pledges to support Vietnam’s long-term green transition

VOV.VN - The European Union (EU) reaffirmed its long-term commitment to supporting Vietnam in its green transition and sustainable development journey at the Green Economy Forum (GEF) 2025 in Hanoi on November 27.

EU pledges to support Vietnam’s long-term green transition
Red Star Awards 2025 honour 11 distinguished young entrepreneurs
Red Star Awards 2025 honour 11 distinguished young entrepreneurs

Eleven young entrepreneurs were presented with the Red Star Awards at a ceremony in Hanoi on November 26 that recognised the Outstanding Young Vietnamese Entrepreneurs 2025.

Red Star Awards 2025 honour 11 distinguished young entrepreneurs
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