AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoTyphoon Maysak: Heavy rain from Typhoon Maysak flooded a construction site in China’s Guangxi, after the storm made landfall in Hainan and later hit Vietnam’s border region, raising concerns for ongoing flooding and disruption. Trade & Industry: Vietnam’s pepper exports rose in H1—145,686 tonnes worth $940.5m, up 17.4% in volume and 10.6% in value—while foreign investment commitments surged 61% to $34.65bn, with newly registered capital up 87.2%. Business Climate & Policy: Vietnam is strengthening IP protection and enforcement as trademarks and innovation-linked filings climb, and new banking rules from July 1 require banks and payment providers to share customer account information with tax authorities. Logistics & Ports: PSA Vietnam and Lach Huyen (LHF) plan a 4.5m teu deep-sea hub at Lach Huyen Port in Hai Phong, with first berths starting end-2026 and completion targeted for 2035. Energy Transition: TotalEnergies ENEOS commissioned nearly 28 MWp rooftop solar at Samsung’s HCMC complex under Vietnam’s DPPA framework, cutting emissions and covering about a quarter of the site’s electricity use.
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