• THE MOUTHPIECE OF THE VIETNAM ASSOCIATION OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

Phu Tho Improves the investment environment and creates conditions for businesses to develop

In recent years, Phu Tho province has consistently enhanced its investment climate, allowing a multitude of businesses to produce and operate efficiently, thereby contributing to local socioeconomic development.

Bac Ninh Small & Medium Association listens and accompanies businesses

The Association of Small and Medium Enterprises of Bac Ninh province held a conference to collect the opinions and suggestions of businesses for submission to the appropriate authorities for consideration, resolution, and feedback.

Thanh Hoa is facing the opportunity to attract investment and comprehensive cooperation with Japan

With its advantageous geographical location, traffic, conditions, and human resources, Thanh Hoa is ripe for socioeconomic development through investment attraction, trade, and networking. These are also ideal investor attraction factors.

Approvals of housing development plans in Hanoi city in 2023

Hanoi will have policies to direct and eliminate difficulties and obstacles for slow-moving urban projects, as well as to support housing investment projects in the region.

State Bank: 4 State-owned commercial banks already have capital ready to lend

The State Bank has issued guiding documents for the VND 120,000 billion credit package, and four state-owned commercial banks have prepared capital to lend when the project is announced locally.

Hai Phong City promotes the allocation and disbursement of public investment capital

The City People's Committee of Hai Phong has just issued a directive requesting the authorities to prioritize the implementation of key solutions to accelerate the disbursement of public investment capital in 2023 to address the slow disbursement

More than 1.25 billion USD to upgrade and expand the Dung Quat oil refinery

According to Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR), Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed Decision No. 482/QD-TTg dated 5/5/2023 approving the adjustment of investment policy for the project.

Vietnam will soon take the initiative to gain the right to impose the global minimum tax

Consulting firms and foreign-invested businesses (FDI) concur that Vietnam should soon take the initiative to obtain the authority to impose the global minimum tax.

Prepare 59,000 billion VND to increase the base salary from July 1 2023

The Deputy Minister of Finance, Nguyen Duc Chi, stated that the Ministry of Finance has proposed to the Government that it propose to the National Assembly that adequate resources be allocated to serve the salary increase beginning on July 1, 2023.

Novels writing contest - depicting new Vietnamese values era

The organizers anticipate that the competing novels will depict elements that contribute to the construction of a model and a standard value system for the Vietnamese in the new era.

Thanh Hoa Enterprises strive toward the Japanese potential market

Recognizing Japan as both a potential market and the most finicky market in the world, Thanh Hoa Enterprises are working to improve product quality standards to conquer this challenging market.

Creating a driving force for the Vietnam - Luxembourg business community to promote trade and investment cooperation

The date is 5 May 2023 in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, and the Business Association of the Kingdom of Belgium - Luxembourg in Vietnam collaborated to organise the Vietnam - Luxembourg

Exports of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in the first 4 months of 2023 decreased by more than 13%

According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the export value of agricultural, forestry, and fishery products in April 2023 was 4.54 billion USD, down 8.3% over the same period last year.

Market connection - numerous business needs and industry associations

To promote exports, numerous businesses and industry associations have proposed solutions such as supporting the implementation of trade promotion, connecting trade, and disseminating market information, particularly regarding the Chinese market.

State bank: Approving for compulsory transfer of 4 specially controlled banks

The relevant parties are currently implementing the following contents to submit to the Government for approval of the plan to restructure these banks by the prescribed order and procedures.

Total revenue from tourists nationwide is estimated at VND 24,000 billion, up 9% over the same period

During the last holiday season, it is estimated that localities across the nation welcomed more than 300,000 international visitors and served approximately 7 million domestic visitors (up 40% from the same period in 2022), of whom 3.2 million stayed

Hanoi leads the country in attracting foreign investment in the first four months of 2023

In the first four months of 2023, Hanoi's foreign direct investment (FDI) attraction reached about 1.71 billion USD (up 260% over the same period in 2022), ranking first in the country.

EU prepares to impose a carbon tax on iron and steel, cement, fertilizer

The European Parliament has passed numerous measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically, including the imposition of a carbon tax on high-emissions imports.

The increase in the speed of digitization will upset the labor market

This is also stated in the report "The Future of Work" published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) based on a survey of more than 800 businesses.

Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) Coal industry has a trade deficit of 6.7 billion USD in 2022

The coal industry's trade deficit in 2022 is USD 6.7 billion. This information was released by the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) in its 2022 report on imports and exports.