Vietnam would import 71,835 tonnes of raw tobacco under tariff quota for 2024 set in a freshly issued circular by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).

The central bank has warned people to take caution when trading gold amid the strong fluctuations of the precious metal.

VOV.VN - Despite failing to achieve its growth target, Vietnam is still considered to be a country with high growth in the region and remains highly regarded as a destination by international investors ahead in 2024.

VOV.VN - The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), one of the UK's leading economics consultancies has evaluated both Vietnam and the Philippines as two Southeast Asian economies with the ability to "leap forward" in the World Economic League Table (WELT) rankings from now to 2038.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 29 asked the Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), the Minister of Finance and the General Director of Vietnam State Treasury to deploy measures to meet payment and cash demands of individuals and firms at year-end, during the coming New Year and Lunar New Year holidays.

Vietnam’s agro-forestry-aquatic exports enjoyed a record trade surplus of US$12.07 billion in 2023, surging by 43.7%, and accounting for over 42.5% of the country's total trade surplus, heard a press conference in Hanoi on December 29.

Hanoi’s consumer price index (CPI) in 2023 is estimated to increase 2.04% year-on-year, according to the Hanoi Statistics Office.

Amid global uncertainties, the continued maintenance of macro-economic stability will form an important foundation for Vietnam to achieve next year’s growth target, said General Director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Thi Huong.

Vietnam’s high-value manufacturing is expected to grow, with the government intent on increasing manufacturing’s share of the economy from 25% to 30% by 2030 by attracting more high-value manufacturing investment, said the “Strength through Diversification: Opportunities across Asia Pacific” report by Cushman & Wakefield.

VOV.VN - Vietnam still enjoyed a trade surplus of US$28 billion despite a fall in trade exchanges in 2023, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said in a report released in Hanoi on December 29.