VOV.VN - Overseas remittances to Ho Chi Minh City during the first half of the year reached nearly US$5.2 billion, marking an increase of 19.5% on-year, Nguyen Duc Lenh, deputy director of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)'s Ho Chi Minh City branch, said on July 18.

VOV.VN - As many as 39 Vietnamese garment and textile enterprises joined in Texworld New York City, a leading international trade fair for fashion and apparel procurement which is held biannually in New York in the United States.

Vietnam, along with Thailand, are the two fastest growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, according to the recently released report '2024 E-commerce in Southeast Asia' by Momentum Works.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung on July 16 announced the launch of the Analogue IC Design Course, an initiative spearheaded by the National Innovation Centre (NIC), in partnership with US giants Qorvo and Cadence, aiming to enhance the workforce in the semiconductor design sector.

VOV.VN - The Asian Development Bank has maintained its growth forecast for Vietnam at 6.0% in 2024 and 6.2% in 2025 on the back of its sound economic performance in the first half of the year.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group( Petrovietnam) Exploration Production Corporation (PVEP) on July 14 signed contracts to supply crude oil to the Dung Quat Oil Refinery, and supply and consume gas from Ky Lan field.

VOV.VN - More than 300 leading domestic and international firms are joining the 17th International Exhibition and Electrical Technology and Equipment (Vietnam ETE 2024) and the International Exhibition of Energy Saving and Green Power Products and Technologies (Enertec Expo 2024) which opened in Ho Chi Minh City on July 17.

VOV.VN - Germany has increased the import of Vietnamese commodities in the first six months of the year in the context that it reduced imports from other markets, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani recently held a working session in Italy to promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries.

The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) revised Vietnam’s economic growth forecast upward to 6.3% for 2024 in its latest update released on July 16.