Some 83.3% of the 500 fastest-growing companies in Vietnam (FAST500) are optimistic about the outlook and growth opportunities of the domestic market this year, given that the economy is on course to recover to the pre-pandemic level, according a recent survey conducted by Vietnam Report.

VOV.VN - Businesses of the Republic of Korea (RoK) expressed their desire to invest in an industrial park in Long An province during their meeting with the provincial leadership on March 3.

VOV.VN - Businesses that have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic for the past two years expect they will get easy access to the recently approved US$15 billion bailout package to stay afloat.

VOV.VN - The Government should move to establish a national steering committee, headed by a Deputy Prime Minister, to promptly resolve problems and challenges facing supporting industries, according to Nguyen Hoang, vice chairman of the Vietnam Association for Support Industries (VASI).

Loans of pandemic-hit enterprises will enjoy an interest rate cut of 2% under a government support package to remove difficulties for the businesses.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s merchandise trade balance remains in surplus, despite an export slowdown, while FDI commitment and disbursement enjoyed a solid start to the year, according to the “Vietnam Macro Monitoring” monthly report released by the World Bank.

The Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese (Invesfov) was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 14.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s expansion of credit growth quotas for commercial banks has created favourable conditions for lenders to boost lending as a way of supporting capital sources for individuals and firms to recover after the COVID-19 pandemic.

If it does not take advantage of opportunities, Vietnam will need at least two more decades to reach the per capita added value in the processing and manufacturing industry for newly industrialized countries.

A business information portal was launched on December 23 with a view to helping address difficulties faced by enterprises, assisting policymaking, and proposing support measures for the development of businesses.