Knowledge & Innovation
This category covers advancements in technology, education, and research, including startups, AI, fintech, and digital transformation. It highlights government policies on innovation, investment in R&D, and digital economy trends. As economies transition to knowledge-based industries, this section explores emerging technologies, automation, AI, and blockchain, showcasing how businesses and policymakers adapt to rapid innovation.
Vietnam News Today, January 09 2026, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Life insurance revenue decline halted, Fuel retailer market exit, Margin lending concerns, Robot dog manufacturing HCMC, Buying new bank notes legal, VCCI report business expectations, Digital music revenue, New resolution public sector development, , Vingroup share fall / risk, Footwear exports, Imports from India, Stock market Thursday, Exchange rates Thursday, Exports to USA, Average monthly income increase, Motor vehicle imports, and more.
Minimum Wage in Vietnam 2026: Rates, Regions & ASEAN Comparisons
Vietnam’s minimum wage is an attractive draw-card for businesses in a broad range of industries. Among the lowest in Southeast Asia, foreign firms may be able to realise real value by making the most of this low-cost labour. This article looks at all the key details a foreign firm might need to know.
Average monthly wage in Vietnam reached VND 8.7 million (US$330) in Q4 2025, up 3.9 percent
In the fourth quarter of 2025, the average monthly income of workers in Vietnam reached VND 8.7 million (about US$330), up 3.9 percent from the previous quarter and 6.2 percent year on year.
Vietnam News Today, January 7 2026, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Metro line 2 HCMC, Tax debt increase on land taxes / fees, Income tax exemptions night / overtime work, Shopee / TikTok market share, Concerns bank transfer tax deduction requirement, GDP growth outpacing power supply, Domestic consumption, FDI real estate concerns, Public company status mining / minerals sector, Food Safety Authority corruption, Seafood exports MMPA USA, Land auction deposits, Coal production, Stock market Wednesday, Exchange rates Wednesday, Tourist arrivals December / 2025, Yesterday’s Vietnam news update, and more.
Vietnam News Today, January 6 2026, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Government inspection EV maker, Bamboo Airways recruiting, New regulations: credit institution investments, New credit card ID requirements, New Year holiday tourism, Business closures 2025, Loss-making tech firms listing HoSE, Public company status Viettel Global, Nhon Trach gas plant officially online, Call for government orders of VN-made UAVs, Unilever VN partner public company status revoked, Netflix censorship 9-dash line, Q4 inflation, 2025 trade data, 2025 FDI, GDP growth Q4 / 2025, Imports from Philippines, and more.
Vietnam inflation rises 3.31 percent in 2025
Vietnam’s Consumer Price Index rose 0.19 percent in December from the previous month, driven mainly by higher food prices and dining costs, according to the latest release from Vietnam’s National Statistics Office.
Vietnam’s VN-Index up 3.91 points, foreign traders net-sell US$27.89 million, Monday
The VN-Index closed at 1,788.40, up 3.91 points or 0.22 percent, with a total trading value of VND 25,892.10 billion or US$982.62 million, and foreign traders net-selling US$27.89 million worth of equities, Monday, according to the latest data from the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange.
Vietnam News Today, January 5 2026, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Advertising wait time caps, Crypto / gold bar tax changes, Labour shortages LNY, Chinese HRC ADDs extended, Vinfast Ha Tinh production, Wigroup on interest rates, Wood tariff delays, Milk imports, Chemical products exports, PMI December, Imports from Australia, Exports to Philippines, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 29 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: SK telco R&D Vietnam, Sun Group breaks ground casino, fast food spending, diesel spill Dung Quat, steel price hike, pumped storage hydro, government bonds 2025, FLC to be delisted, healthcare spending, advisory council on monetary policy, smoking in hotels, To Lam speech, new graduate job market challenges, aged care facility shortage HCMC, IFCs as tourism drivers, HPG steel maker exports plummet, Manpower on labour market, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 19 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: gov’t inspections 2026 plan, revised Construction Law, troubled steelmaker supplier credit reform, retail electricity market ambitions, charging infrastructure Hanoi, HCMC billboard review, Vinamilk divestment, nuclear readiness review, coal imports, Imports from Thailand, stock market Thursday, exchange rates Thursday, exports to Malaysia, wood / wooden products exports, yesterday’s news headlines, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 17 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: SBV credit growth update, cheap labour / capital growth reaching limits, opinion: Vietnam tourism v. Malaysia, gold hotel owner late payment social insurance, PDP8 costs, shophouse demand in decline, invoices for foreign currency suspended, official growth narrative, Hanoi market stabilisation program, EU EV transition target rollback, trade challenges, labour export, plastic products exports, imports from Thailand, stock market Tuesday, exchange rates Tuesday, exports to South Korea, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 16 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Japan-FPT drone partnership, VinFast factory Indonesia inaugurated, gold license deadline missed, US$44 million golf course Gia Lai, LNY unconditional cash transfers, EV charging regulations, TCBS digital asset investment, preferential interest green projects, domestic rail development support, late social insurance payments HCMC, Highlands foreign ownership, stock market Monday, exchange rates Monday, exports to Taiwan, machines/equipment imports, yesterday’s Vietnam news headlines, powdered milk production, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 15 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: invoices foreign currency trading, bonded cold storage warehouse, Vingroup stadium proposal, HCMC EV transition, aircraft groundings, Insurance Business Law update, overstay fines, airbag materials factory HCMC, capital markets reform, unrecognised study program, first flight Long Thanh, corruption money recovered, computers/electrical products, imports from the USA, exports to Thailand, textile, leather and footwear materials imports, machine and equipment exports, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 12 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: power purchase agreement access expanded, automotive MoU Geleximco-China’s LeeKr, state coverage bankruptcy costs, revised VAT passes NA, conditional investment sectors updated, Mexico import tariffs, Land Law changes resolution, rare earths regulations, SSI no bubble stocks, US-Singapore JV soy bean plant, Vingroup share price drop, International maritime centre HCMC, wood manufacturer challenges, business concerns exchange rate, CNBC VN stock market analysis, logistics sector development, EV charging network expansion, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 11 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: public servant private sector participation, Vietnam-Texas flights Taiwan airline, SBV foreign exchange swap, deposit insurance amendments, live stream regulations pass NA, VPBank Securities HoSE debut, revised PIT passes NA, Press Law revisions, Russia-Vietnam nuclear waste, coal mining policy reform, public status revoked Apax, High-Tech law passes NA, new crypto management body launched, brain drain Hanoi, fabric imports, beer production, and more.
Vietnam government bond auction sees VND 13,000 billion offered but only VND 7,950 billion sold
Vietnam’s State Treasury offered VND 13,000 billion (US$493.2 million) across 5-year, 10-year, 15-year and 30-year maturities, Wednesday, but investors bought just VND 7,950 billion (US$301.7 million) worth, all in the 10-year term, according to the Vietnam Bond Market Association.
Vietnam News Today, December 10 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: Hanoi petrol motorbike ban details, fake Nike, Adidas, Puma seizure, more fines bond disclosures, EV charging price regulations, FDI firms listing in VN, Vingroup US$3 billion India MoU, State-media on IUU, first Aeon cinema opens, energy development incentives, VAT changes agriculture, real estate expectations 2026, SK Group Vingroup divestment, tourists up revenues down, FTZ Danang incentives, fresh milk production, motor vehicles imports, stock market Tuesday, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 9 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: FTSE Vietnam Index revision, HSR investment model changes, Danang IFC temporary office, Christmas tree market Hanoi, new businesses established data, fish size regulations suspended, medical tourism gone wrong, Japan nuclear pull out, Moodys on VN credit risks, casino ticket price hike, circumvention investigation steel wheels, relative size VIC market cap, Vietnam tourist arrivals, textile & garment exports, stock market Monday, exchange rates Monday, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 8 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: arrest in speech crackdown, foreign judges on IFC courts, Ben Thanh–Can Gio rail, storm impact GDP, HSR THACO technical support, Dong Nai LNG plants online, new trading accounts fall, HSR resettlement Nghe An, credit growth, questions re: HSR bidders, pumped hydro delays, Vingroup Africa, fund performance, gold loans auction, local firms struggling abroad, CPI November, and more.
Vietnam News Today, December 6 2025, Business & Economy
In today’s headlines: personal income tax revised, top healthcare companies report, trade turnover Thai Nguyen/Bac Ninh, locally owned engine factory, Trump golf course estimated timeline, OMO interest rates increased, second apartment block bans EVs, Japan-Vietnam defence meeting, French pharma distribution agreement, VinFuture awards, arrest warrant journalist Germany, imports from Hong Kong, exports to Brazil, stock market Friday, exchange rates Friday, imports from Russia, clinker & cement exports, and more.
In today’s Vietnam news: GS TL on AI, Saigon Economic Times last issue, Fuel prices cut, Vinhomes issuing more bonds, Counterfeit Korean cosmetics store,
In today’s Vietnam news: Power supply imports, Hanoi boulevard project protests, Antidumping duties coming for boxes, Maersk container terminal project Hanoi, Vinpearl foreign investment,
In today’s Vietnam news: Credit limits removed for some major projects, Estonian web security company market entry, Vingroup’s Vuong becomes major shareholder LP Bank,
This is an interview with Chris Walker, a Vietnam Sourcing Expert with Vietnam Factory Tours how rising oil prices and the Middle East crisis are
This is an interview with John Gardner, CEO and Founding Partner, at Optimum Hospitality in Ho Chi Minh City. It covers fuel price impacts on:
This is an interview with Dr Nuno F. Ribeiro, Associate Professor, International Tourism & Hospitality Management at Copenhagen Business College, formerly of RMIT Vietnam. It