More than 150 businesspeople are racing for seats in the National Assembly and people’s councils On March 15, elections will be held for the 16th National Assembly (NA) and people’s councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. Nationwide, 864 candidates are running for the NA and 4,234 for local people’s councils. Of these, 35 […]

In February alone, 11,300 new businesses were registered nationwide, down 53.2 per cent from the previous month but up 11.6 per cent compared with the same period last year. Nearly 6,200 companies resumed operations, down 74.9 per cent on-month and 12.6 per cent on-year. Meanwhile, 4,257 enterprises registered temporary suspension of operations for a fixed […]

LPG storage tanks supplying customers On March 2, PVGas Trading – the trading arm of Vietnam Gas Corporation (PV Gas) issued an urgent force majeure notice to its customers in southern Vietnam, citing two primary causes behind the disruption. The first stems from an official force majeure declaration by the company’s international supplier following the […]

Xavier Depouilly, general manager DXL Research & Consulting The key question shall no longer be how fast Vietnam can grow, but how well that growth can be sustained and shared across businesses, sectors, and the population. Business sentiment provides an early indication of economic direction. The Business Confidence Index (BCI), conducted by DXL Research for […]

Csaba Bundik, CEO, CETA Consulting Crucially, Vietnam’s approach does not seek to compete directly with established global technology leaders in frontier research or advanced chip design. Instead, policymakers and investors recognise that the country’s comparative advantage lies in selective positioning within the AI and semiconductor value chains. In these segments, operational execution, manufacturing discipline, and […]