VOV.VN - The Central Highlands province of Gia Lai hosted its 2025 Investment Promotion Conference in Pleiku Ward on August 29, attracting strong commitments from both domestic and foreign enterprises with a total pledged capital of US$4.7 billion.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Science and Technology to work with the Ministry of Construction and relevant agencies to swiftly finalise Vietnamese standards and regulations for high-speed railways by referencing and adopting international standards.

The business community has been a pioneering force in economic development and social welfare promotion, laying a solid foundation for national construction, protection, and development under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

VOV.VN - The “Da Nang Semiconductor Microchip Day 2025” took place on August 30, marking the second edition of the event and one of three key activities of the “Da Nang Finance and Technology Week 2025,” which ran from August 28 to 30.

Harry Hoang OAM, President of the Vietnamese Business Association and Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in Canberra, has expressed pride in the homeland’s economic progress over the past eight decades since gaining independence.

Celltrion Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company in the Republic of Korea said on August 28 that it will strengthen its biosimilar lineup in Vietnam to meet rising demand in the Southeast Asian country.

VOV.VN - The Belmont Business Enterprise Centre (Belmont BEC) has recently organized the “Ask an Expert-Belmont Business Sundowner” event at the Firehouse Center in Belmont, Western Australia, to enhance connections, share experience, and support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in accessing business, trade, and export-import opportunities.

The Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) and Vietnam International Arbitration Centre organised a conference on “Real Estate Transactions in a Volatile Market and Legal Context” as part of the 2025 HCM City Legal Management Series on August 28.

Vietnam is facing a dual challenge: sustaining high growth while fulfilling its net-zero commitment by 2050.

VOV.VN - The Singapore-Ho Chi Minh City Business Roundtable, jointly organized by the Investment and Trade Promotion Center of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC), the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore, and local partners, took place at the Chancellor Hotel in Singapore on August 28, aiming to ramp up bilateral investment cooperation.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s seafood exports to the Indian market recorded a significant surge in the first seven months of 2025, making the country the second largest seafood supplier to India by volume.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, in coordination with Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce, co-organized the Vietnam-Cambodia Business Networking Conference, bringing together more than 200 delegates from management agencies, industry associations, and the business communities of both countries in Phnom Penh on August 28.

The central city, in partnership with Sun Group, has launched construction of the fifth functional site of the 1,881-hectare Da Nang Free Trade Zone (FTZ), marking a significant step towards establishing a pioneering model of Vietnam’s economic power.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is showcasing its proudcts and destinations in Vietnam at the ASTINDO Travel Fair 2025 that opened in Indonesia on August 28.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam–Northeast Thailand Goods Fair opened on August 28 at the VT Namnueng Centre in Udon Thani province, to strengthen bilateral trade and deepen economic ties between Vietnam and Thailand.

VOV.VN - A finance forum opened in Da Nang city on August 28, serving as a strategic platform to connect Vietnam with the global financial network and advance Da Nang’s ambition of becoming an international financial hub.

VOV.VN - On August 28, petrol and oil prices were uniformly revised up, with petrol RON 95 approaching VND20,500 per litre.

In recent years, cooperation between Vietnam and China in building “smart border gates” has become an important highlight, helping to remove bottlenecks in the flow of goods, especially agricultural products.

Brazil is committed to supporting and coordinating with other Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) member countries to promote the internal process towards beginning official negotiations on the bloc’s free trade agreement (FTA) with Vietnam during Brazil's term as its rotating chair in the second half of 2025.

VOV.VN - The fifth edition of Theme Park Expo Vietnam opened on August 27 at the Adora Center in Ho Chi Minh City, featuring cutting-edge technologies for the global amusement and entertainment industry.

VOV.VN - Eight decades after the devastating 1945 famine that claimed over 2 million lives, Vietnam has achieved a historic transformation to become one of the world’s top three rice exporters, with exports reaching around 9 million tonnes in 2024.

Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh provincial People’s Committee Mai Son has affirmed that the province will create the most favourable, transparent, and stable environment for investors and economic groups to operate and contribute to local socio-economic development.

The US Department of Commerce on Tuesday delivered a heavy blow to the nation's steel exports, issuing final affirmative determinations in its anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations into corrosion-resistant steel (CORE) imported from ten countries and territories, including Vietnam.

Dassault Systèmes and Viettel have agreed to strengthen strategic cooperation in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, digital design and simulation, aiming to accelerate digital transformation, foster innovation, and enhance Vietnam’s position in high-tech industries.

A Vietnam–Cambodia business networking conference took place in Svay Rieng province, Cambodia, on August 27, aiming to strengthen bilateral trade links and foster long-term cooperation between enterprises of the two countries.

The Da Nang city People’s Committee has approved the Basal Pay, the country’s first crypto asset conversion project, operating within the city’s controlled fintech sandbox environment.

Ho Chi Minh City is pressing ahead with comprehensive and resolute measures to ensure its 2025 economic growth target of 8.5% or higher, with GDP expansion in the second half of the year expected to reach 10.3%.

VOV.VN - The second Automation World Vietnam 2025 opened on August 27 at the WTC EXPO International Exhibition Centre in Binh Duong, featuring more than 300 booths from 250 domestic and international enterprises.

VOV.VN - The 42nd session of the Vietnam-Cuba Intergovernmental Committee on Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation took place from August 27 to September 2 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Deputy General Director of the General Department of Taxation (GDT) Le Long on August 26 chaired a meeting reviewing the evaluation of tax management effectiveness using the Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT), attended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation led by Patrick De Mets.