Day: January 19, 2022

Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien has stressed the need to ensure customs clearance by all means for agricultural products stuck at northern border gates. The move is to materialise high-level agreements reached between Vietnam and China, meet the rights and interests of both sides and avoid public concern, especially when the Tet […]

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has given in-principle approval that favourable entry procedures will be created for foreigners, and overseas Vietnamese and their relatives. According to a dispatch recently issued by the official, foreigners entering Vietnam are those invited or guaranteed by agencies, organisations, or individuals in line with the law on foreigners’ […]

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at 23,119 VND/USD on January 19, up 22 VND from the previous day. With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applicable to commercial banks during the day is 23,812 VND/USD and the floor rate 22,425 VND/USD. […]

Indices were mixed on January 19, with some large-cap stocks rebounding from the recent sell-off. On the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the benchmark VN-Index finished the choppy session at 1,442.79 points, up 3.85 points, or 0.27 percent. The index had lost for four consecutive sessions with shares across all sectors facing a sell-off, […]

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a Government meeting to discuss lawmaking issues in Hanoi on January 19. Cabinet members scrutinised eight bills and lawmaking proposals which are among those needing the Government’s consideration by March 1 this year before they are submitted to the National Assembly. The items under discussion consisted of the draft […]

Vietnamese futsal goalkeeper Ho Van Y has been named as one of the world’s 10 leading futsal goalkeepers in 2021 by FutsalPlanet. Y ranked 10th in the list with a total of 21 votes. This marks the second year in a row that the Vietnamese futsal goalkeeper has made the list compiled by FutsalPlanet which […]

Hanoi expects to raise its export revenue by 5 percent this year, the municipal Department of Industry and Trade has said. Tran Phuong Lan, acting director of the department, said her agency will enhance trade promotion, thereby effectively implementing the city’s plan on international integration in 2021-2025. Apart from the plan, Hanoi will also work […]