Economy

28 October 2025
A woman looks through a magnifying glass to check for errors on a printer circuit board at a factory in Vietnam's Bac Ninh province in May 2018. Electronics is a fast-expanding sector in the Southeast Asian country's economy.
The Old Quarter in Hanoi on Sept. 1. U.S. tariffs are impacting key sectors of the Vietnamese export economy such as clothes, shoes and phones.
Economy

Vietnam to increase income tax relief to boost economy

US tariffs and communist nation's mission to lay off 20% of state workforce threaten spending

21 October 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the CEO of G42 Peng Xiao, center, as he attends a business forum at Qasr Al Watan during the final stop of his Gulf visit, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on May 16. 
Technology

AI company from UAE plans $2bn data center in Ho Chi Minh City

Local IT company FPT and investor Viet Thai to help G42 build 70 MW of facilities

20 October 2025
A Korean Air jetliner takes off as the chartered plane that would bring back workers detained in the U.S. sits at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the U.S. state of Georgia on Sept. 10. 
Transportation

Korean Air explores Vietnam flights as Ho Chi Minh City readies new airport

Chips and phones drive cargo demand as carrier recovers from Trump tariffs

14 October 2025
A groundbreaking ceremony of the Trump International luxury residential development and golf courses in Hung Yen, also a candidate site for a CTP industrial park, in northern Vietnam, on May 21.
Business trends

EU factory park giant places $1bn Vietnam bet amid tariff wars

CTP believes ASEAN member is 'most preferred' by businesses for production outside China

9 October 2025
Vietnam recently met the two final criteria for secondary emerging market status: letting foreigners buy stocks without prefunding and creating a system to handle failed trades.
Equities

FTSE Russell grants Vietnam stock market secondary emerging status

HSBC forecasts $10bn inflow from foreign passive funds, $3bn from active funds

8 October 2025
A garment assembly line operated by Thanh Cong, a textile, garment, investment and trading company in Ho Chi Minh City, in July 2019. Vietnam's exports are soaring but perhaps not enough to help the country meet its ambitious GDP growth targets.
Trade

Vietnam's Jan.-Sept. US trade surplus jumps 28% despite Trump tariffs

Country's manufacturing hub remains competitive to those in India, Thailand and Malaysia

7 October 2025
An artist's impression of Danang after construction is completed on its part of Vietnam's International Financial Center. (Nhan Dan news website sourcing Danang local government)
ASEAN Money

Vietnam pushes ahead with its International Financial Center dream

Dual-hub project aims to lure foreign capital, fuel double-digit growth

7 October 2025
A container is loaded onto a cargo ship while docked at Hai Phong port in Hai Phong, Vietnam, April 16.
Economy

Vietnam's GDP growth accelerated in Q3 despite Trump tariffs

Hanoi reports 8.22% growth rate, marking 'highest' since 2011, excluding post-COVID surge

5 October 2025
Workers at a wooden furniture factory in Muar, Johor State, Malaysia. The industry has been plunged into uncertainty this week after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on the sector.
Trump tariffs

Asia's wooden furniture industry feels brunt of new US tariffs

Fresh levies unsettle manufacturers in sector with already tight margins

3 October 2025
A worker pours coffee beans into a moisture tester in Pleiku, Gia Lai province, Vietnam, on June 12, 2024. A perfect storm of tariffs and climate factors is helping the country's coffee growers earn more.
Commodities

Vietnam's coffee exports jump 61% as high prices create tailwind

Nine-month total surpasses that for all of 2024 as costs rise for coffee drinkers

3 October 2025
Workers at a factory in Vietnam where garments are produced for export.
Trump tariffs

Vietnam offers factory perks as US tariffs hit Chinese suppliers

Trump's war on transshipment piles pressure on country to localize supply chains

30 September 2025
After decades of slow progress, the development of the ASEAN Power Grid, which will connect the 10 members of the bloc, is gathering momentum. (Nikkei illustration)
ASEAN Money

ASEAN's power grid dream gathers pace after decades of inertia

Decarbonization drive and industrial shift add urgency to integration

30 September 2025
People work to rescue fishermen on a stranded fishing boat due to Typhoon Bualoi in Quang Tri, Vietnam, on Sept. 28. (VNA via AP)
Natural disasters

Vietnam evacuates thousands, shuts airports as Typhoon Bualoi nears

It could trigger 'multiple disasters simultaneously,' warns national weather forecast agency

28 September 2025
Plastics manufacturer Plascene is expanding its U.S. plant to produce PET preform tubes for containers but faces increased costs due to the Trump administration's erratic tariff policies. (Plascene)
Trump tariffs

US tariff whiplash hits Asian manufacturers investing stateside

Rule changes 'unsettling' for Vietnamese family plastics business

24 September 2025
Vietnamese President Luong Cuong, center, joins a ceremony in Seattle marking the handover of a Boeing 737 Max to budget carrier Vietjet on Sept. 21. (Vietjet)
Transportation

Vietjet receives first of 200 planes from $32bn Boeing order

Delivery to Vietnam's budget airline comes after Boeing crashes and canceled orders

22 September 2025
In the first eight months of 2025, Ho Chi Minh City attracted $6.8 billion in foreign investment, up 58%, year on year, compared with 27% growth for Vietnam as a whole. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Economy

Ho Chi Minh City's expansion highlights challenge of state reform

Foreign investment grows but megacity struggles to clear land for projects

17 September 2025
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Economy

Vietnam celebrates 80th independence day with a sense of jubilation

Citizens line the streets filled with pride in how their country has put war behind it

2 September 2025
Chinese soldiers ride on tanks as they participate in a parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 2019.
Your Week in Asia

China military parade, Vietnam independence day, BOJ deputy's speech

Your weekly lineup of Asia's biggest business and political events

31 August 2025
A Nike store in Beijing in April. Shenzhou International is a supplier to the U.S. athletic brand and several others.
Trump tariffs

Chinese producer for Nike, Uniqlo warns on tariffs despite higher profit

Shenzhou International shares sink on margin fears due to Trump 'uncertainties'

27 August 2025
Screenshot from the homepage of Vietnam Disaster Monitoring System 
Natural disasters

Vietnam plans mass evacuation as Typhoon Kajiki intensifies

China resort city Sanya shuts businesses, public transport

24 August 2025
The main terminal of Long Thanh International Airport is under construction. It is meant to be an air transport hub for southern Vietnam. (Airports Corporation of Vietnam)
Economy

Vietnam launches $49bn in projects to boost growth amid US tariff pain

Government aims to spur domestic-led economy by investing 10% of GDP

15 August 2025
Danang Software Park 2 is one of the city's key industrial parks for attracting foreign tech companies. (Photo by Nguyen Van Anh)
Economy

Vietnam's beach town Danang seeks finance and tech sector boost

City official aims to lure AI and semiconductor projects, including from US giants

13 August 2025
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, right, stands with Vietnamese top leader To Lam at the presidential office on Aug. 11 in Seoul.
International relations

South Korea and Vietnam leaders agree to increase trade, investment

Hanoi calls Seoul the Southeast Asian nation's 'most important economic partner'

11 August 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump sees tariffs as a necessary and effective tool for reducing the country’s trade deficits. 
Comment

Asia braces for intensifying competition over US imports

Trump's trade policies add new strains to regional cooperation

11 August 2025
Bananas imported from Vietnam are replacing those from the Philippines on some shelves in Japan. (Photo by Mao Kato)
Food & Beverage

Vietnam takes bite out of Philippine bananas' market share in Japan

Vietnamese fruit has edge in freshness and pricing, wholesalers say

9 August 2025
Containers are loaded onto a cargo ship at a port in Vietnam. The U.S. trade deficit with Vietnam surpassed that with China in May and June.
Trump tariffs

US runs bigger trade deficits with Taiwan, Vietnam than with China

Data indicates possibility of transshipments through Asian trading partners

7 August 2025
Ronnel Gardon tends rice supplies at a shop in Manila. The government says its decision to ban imports of the staple for 60 days is to strike a balance between the needs of farmers and consumers.
Agriculture

Philippines suspends rice imports for 60 days to protect farmers

Analysts disagree over impact decision will have on global prices

6 August 2025
Siam Cement, one of Thailand's largest industrial groups, plans to deploy artificial intelligence and more automated systems to cut costs amid increasing global volatility. (Siam Cement Group)
Materials

Thailand's Siam Cement to adjust ASEAN operations after tariffs

Group to restart $5.4bn chemical complex in Vietnam, deploy AI to cut costs

4 August 2025
A group of overseas Vietnamese -- people born in the country, or with Vietnamese ethnicity, who were previously living outside the country -- share tales of their journey to Vietnam, often inspired by a sense of mission or cultural homecoming, on June 27. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)
Big in Asia

Overseas Vietnamese courted by Hanoi to come home as solution to talent gap

Dual citizenship rules changed as Vietnam seeks skilled workers to fuel growth drive

26 July 2025