Vietnam must start monitoring and issuing carbon certificates to exporters and retailers in response to the EU's recently passed carbon levy, said industry insiders and policymakers.

Vietnam targets having 96% of urban household wastes collected and processed up to standards this year, said Director of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Vietnam Environment Administration Hoang Van Thuc.

Vietnam’s textile, garment and footwear makers aim to achieve a combined export value of US$77-US$80 billion in 2025 and US$106-US$108 billion in 2030, according to the strategy for the development of Vietnam’s textile and footwear industries.

VOV.VN - The nation is predicted to record a rise of 6.6% in industrial production in the year, according to figures given by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

Hai Phong will always accompany with and create optimal conditions for investors, vowed Nguyen Trung Kien, head of the Economic Zone Management Board of the northern port city, during a meeting with foreign-invested businesses in the city on January 31.

The majority of workers of businesses and factories in Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces, three major industrial hubs in the south, have returned to work after a long Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, local authorities said.

VOV.VN - The nation’s total import-export turnover during the first month of the year is estimated to be at US$46.56 billion, of which the trade surplus stood at US$3.6 billion, according to figures given by the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade has set a target of an average industrial value-added growth rate of over 8.5% per year, with the proportion of the manufacturing industry as part of GDP reaching about 30% by 2030.

Domestic steel demand is expected to keep falling due to the property market slump and tightened monetary policy, economic downturn in many export markets and a rise in supply making the outlook for the industry in 2023 poor, analysts said.

The seafood industry grew rapidly in the third quarter of last year, but there are signs of a slowdown in the fourth quarter and it is expected to continue this year, particularly in large markets.