Air carriers said they are prepared for busy end-of-year holiday travel as the 2024 Lunar New Year (Tết) approaches.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) will not consider increasing policy interest rates and might extend debt rescheduling policies to support enterprises this year, said SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said at a press conference on January 3.

A new strategy to develop the animal feed processing industry towards 2030 is expected to enhance food quality and safety, lower product prices, and reduce the country’s proportion of imported animal feed.

Gathering strength to promote economic growth, rather than stabilizing the macro economy, is the 2024 message sent by the National Assembly and government.

Vietnam strives to be among the top three countries in Southeast Asia in terms of labour productivity growth.

To increase sales, businesses must find ways to diversify sales methods, product types, and implement promotional programmes.

Along with the EU, many other markets have also set new and strict policies, causing many difficulties for wood export activities.

Regarding the shipping industry as a whole, Tien Phong Securities Company believes that the outlook for 2024 will be more positive due to the gradual cooling down of global inflationary pressures and an increase in demand for goods transportation.

The State does not encourage the trading of gold bars, protect their prices, nor accept too large differences between domestic and global gold prices, and between SJC and other types of gold bars.

Hoàn Kiếm District, the city’s central area, proposed rental on ten streets at 36 locations, including 15 locations on five pedestrians streets of Đinh Tiên Hoàng, Hàng Khay, Hàng Bài, Nguyễn Xí and Lê Thái Tổ.

Vietnam's exports to the EU and the US in 2023 were estimated to reach around 166 billion USD, a 9.6% decrease while imports were estimated at nearly 41 billion USD, a 9.1% drop in comparison to 2022.

Revenue from e-commerce for domestic organisations and individuals reached 536.5 billion VND (over 22 million USD) this year, reported the General Department of Taxation (GDT).

Vietnam shipped 1.61 million tonnes of coffee abroad in 2023, earning 4.18 billion USD, down 9.6% in volume but up 3.1% in value year-on-year.

In its Vietnam Macro Monitoring report released on December 18, the World Bank pointed out that Vietnam’s economy is still facing difficulties with weak purchasing power despite goods price stability and a lower-than-predicted inflation rate.

Foreign investment attraction is one of the highlights of the Vietnamese economy in the year 2023 when the world witnessed many difficulties. The arrival of technology corporations to Vietnam to explore opportunities promises a new development.

Vietnam setting 2024 GDP growth target at over 6 percent is easily obtainable, said UNDP Senior International Economist Jonathan Pincus.

Forbes updates the list of the richest billionaires in Vietnam in 2023.

The market capitalisation of Vietnam’s stock market approximated 6 quadrillion VND (246.7 billion USD) in 2023, rising 9.5% from and equivalent to about 62% of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022, statistics show.

The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City air route recorded over 10.8 million seats sold between October 2022 and September 2023, making it the fourth busiest domestic air route in the world in 2023, according to statistics from air travel data provider OAG.

While fulfilling the annual targets for 2023, the future remains thorny for Vietnamese telecoms giants in a new digital space.