Vietnam, India have trade target of USD 15 billion: Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 7 (ANI): Vietnam's Ambassador to India, Nguyen Thanh Hai, highlighted the strong cooperation between Vietnam and India, citing the growing economic ties with a trade target of USD 15 billion. Speaking to ANI,...

Vietnamese Users Can Link UnionPay Cards to Alipay and WeChat Pay for Convenient Payments in China

HANOI, Vietnam, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Starting in 2025, UnionPay cards issued by Vietnamese banks can be linked with Alipay and WeChat Pay, China’s leading mobile payment platforms, through a partnership with UnionPay International. This...

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports to U.S. climb 66%

Vietnam has seen a significant boost in fruit and vegetable exports to the United States in the first four months of 2025, with shipments reaching $154 million, up 66% compared to the same period last year, according to data from Vietnam Customs....

Utah Vietnam War veteran seeks memorial to those exposed to Agent Orange

Looking back on his days serving in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Air Force, Larry Kerr remembers the regular exposure to Agent Orange. The chemical was stored in large drums where he helped handle munitions as a weapons specialist. It was used to...

Reflecting on the Vietnam Communist Party’s Soliloquy to the Private Sector 

In early May, the Politburo of the Vietnam Communist Party (VCP) issued a new resolution on private sector development. It was one of four resolutions issued by the Hanoi leadership that General Secretary To Lam has billed as pillars intended to...

Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh works with leading Brazilian businesses

At a working session with the JBS group, one of the world’s largest food processing corporations headquartered in Brazil, PM Pham Minh Chinh praised the company for organizing the first shipment of Brazilian beef to Vietnam and expressed his...

Vietnam seeks solutions to revive fruit and vegetable exports

Early 2025 saw a steep decline in Vietnam's fruit and vegetable exports, driven chiefly by shipments rejected by China and the EU for food safety and quarantine violations. In particular, durian exports plummeted as heavy metal residues led to...

U.S.-Vietnam Trade Deal Has Serious Implications for Southeast Asia

Straits Times The following excerpt is from an op-ed written by Wendy Cutler, ASPI Vice President, and published in the Straits Times. Last week’s announcement of the U.S.-Vietnam trade deal was an important milestone for both Vietnam and the U.S....

'We breathed it in': Utah Vietnam War veteran seeks memorial to those exposed to Agent Orange

SYRACUSE — Looking back on his days serving in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Air Force, Larry Kerr remembers the regular exposure to Agent Orange. The chemical was stored in large drums where he helped handle munitions as a weapons specialist. It...

Special Report: Vietnam’s Loss, Orange County’s Gain

Nancy LunaNancy Luna has been the executive editor of the Orange County Business Journal since September 2024. Nancy began her career 30 years ago at the Orange County Register, where she covered a range of beats, including retail, consumer...

IHH Healthcare pursues expansion in Indonesia and Vietnam

Malaysian hospital operator IHH Healthcare has set its sights on expansion into Indonesia and Vietnam to boost its scale amid escalating care expenses in the region, as reported by Bloomberg. Indonesia's healthcare reforms and relaxed foreign...

Vietnam-India trade reaches USD 15 billion, Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai eyes further cooperation

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 7 (ANI): Vietnam's Ambassador to India, Nguyen Thanh Hai, highlighted the strong cooperation between Vietnam and India, citing the growing trade, with targeting trade value of USD 15 billion. and investment...

Vietnam's retail sales, service revenues rise 9.3 pct in 1st half of year

HANOI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total retail sales of goods and consumer service revenues rose by 9.3 percent year on year in the first half of 2025, reaching over 3.4 quadrillion Vietnamese dong (approximately 130 billion U.S. dollars),...

I’ve Been To Vietnam: Trust Me, No Trade Deal Will Cause The Vietnamese To Buy Countless American SUVs

Ho Chi Minh City (or “Saigon” as many of the locals still call it) has its own rhythms. Walkable in a way that doesn’t exist stateside, an American can stroll for hours in the oppressive afternoon heat. One might make it only two or three blocks...

Vietnamese restaurant Cô Thành to take over former Frenchie site in Covent Garden

The restaurant will be located Covent Garden’s Henrietta Street in the site that was formerly Greg Marchand’s Frenchie and will serve southern Vietnamese dishes that are a tribute to the late Nguyễn Thị Thanh – affectionately known as The Lunch...

Vietnamese film festival in UK spreads culture through cinema

Vietnamese culture shines at street festival in London

Vietnamese, Bulgarian businesses seek stronger partnership

PLOVDIV, BULGARIA A — Việt Nam–Bulgaria business networking event was held at the Trakia Economic Zone (TEZ) headquarters in Plovdiv, Bulgaria’s second-largest city, as part of ongoing efforts to deepen bilateral trade ties and support Vietnamese...

Vietnam’s economy surges 7.52% in first half of 2025 — highest mid-year growth in over a decade

Vietnam Powers Ahead — Fueled by exports and new trade deals, Vietnam posts 7.52% growth in H1 2025, its strongest mid-year performance in over 10 years. BANGKOK, Thailand –Vietnam’s economy grew by 7.52% in the first half of 2025, its fastest...

Vietnamese PM meets with top Cuban leader on BRICS summit sidelines

PM Chinh reaffirmed the Party, State and people of Vietnam’s consistent support for Cuba, demanding the US to end its embargo against and remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a...