Investment

The Prime Minister has approved the restructuring plans for five of the six major State-owned enterprises (SOEs), and two large corporations under his jurisdiction, in the first half this year.

Vietnam's index of industrial production (IPP) rose by 10.9% in the first seven months of 2018, compared with the 7.1% increase reported in the same period last year.

Vietnam registered a trade surplus of US$3.1 billion in the first seven months of 2018, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Vietnam has mobilised approximately US$80 billion in official development assistance (ODA) and preferential loans since 1993, establishing itself as one of the largest recipients of ODA worldwide.

Vietnam is now the seventh biggest tea producer in the world and the fifth biggest exporter of the product.

Up to 429 new enterprises were established in the northern province of Ninh Binh in the first six months of 2018.

2,5 years after the ASEAN Economic Community was established, enterprises in Vietnam have found a way to capitalise on the bloc's import tariff cuts and expand their exports, helping to narrow the years-long trade deficit between Vietnam and ASEAN.

The country has moved up in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2018 Report to take the 45th position this year, up from the 47th spot last year,

Trong cụm văn bia phía Nam của Dục Thúy Sơn, khi ta dừng bước trước những bậc đá đầu tiên đã gần 700 năm tuổi trên đường lên đỉnh núi, mà gót chân của lữ khách đã mài nhẵn thín, từ xa ngước nhìn phía bên phải thấy một tấm bia nổi bật khắc ở vách núi với bốn chữ Hán cực lớn "Vũ trụ dĩ lai". Đó là bút tích của một gia đình khoa bảng: cha là Hoàng giáp Ngô Thì Sỹ và con là Tiến sỹ Ngô Thì Nhậm - cả hai khi ấy đều là quan chức đương triều thời vua Lê - chúa Trịnh.

Ninh Binh province earned 625 million USD in the first half of 2018, showing an increase of 15% compared to the same period last year, and achieving 50% of the annual plan.

In the first six months of 2018 the Vietnamese economy grew at its fastest first-half pace since 2011, creating many opportunities for the country to maintain its strong growth and meet the whole-year target of 6.7%.

Nine localities recorded over 10 percent growth in gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in the first sixth month of this year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The government has urged the Ministry of National Defence and other agencies to approve the adjustment plan for the combined civilian and military Phan Thiet Airport in Binh Thuan province.

Vietnam has exported more than 15 million tonnes of cement in the first six months of 2018, a sharp increase of 50% over the corresponding period last year.

The export of forestry products in the first six months of the year reached US$ 4.15 billion, accounting for 46 percent of the yearly plan and up nearly 8.4 percent annually.

As many as 782,000 laborers were employed in the first half of 2018, equal to 99.6% of the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).

With 15.8 percent growth in the first five months of this year to 93.09 billion USD, achieving export growth target of more than 10 percent for the whole year is feasible.

Trade revenue between Vietnam and G7 countries - France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Japan, the US and Canada - reached 113 billion USD in 2017,a according to the General Customs Department of Vietnam.

The Vietnamese agricultural sector should find out a right way of approach, consider market as the target and market standards as quality measurement to help agricultural products better meet both domestic and international market requirements.