Vietnam remains the world's leading motorbike market, with over two-thirds of adults owning two-wheeled vehicles.

Vietnam ran a trade deficit in May as the import of major materials rebounded, signaling that green shoots are sprouting in domestic production, experts have said.

The robust development of economic relations between Vietnam and Germany in recent years has paved the way for Vietnamese enterprises to export and directly invest in various German states, including the State of Bremen – the ideal location considered a 'gateway' for Vietnamese goods to enter the European market.

Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Ito Naoki during his recent meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Transport (MoT) in Hanoi said Japan shows its keen interest in Vietnam’s North-South express railway project worth approximately US$70 billion.

Many important export agricultural product groups of Vietnam will encounter certain obstacles in the consumer market when the massive harvest begins. The problem is that priority needs to be given to avoid the situation of "good harvest and loss of value" for seasonal agricultural products.

The demand for aquatic products is expected to pick up from the third quarter of 2024, with many associated challenges requiring advertisements and the diversification of business products and markets, insiders have said at a conference held by the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10.

Singapore’s maritimefairtrade.org recently published an article on the recovery of the Vietnamese economy, citing the latest World Bank Taking Stock bi-annual economic update with growth forecast to reach 5.5% in 2024 that will gradually rise to 6% by 2025.

New foreign direct investment (FDI) projects in southeastern localities in the first five months of 2024 are not large but friendly to the environment and apply high technologies.

Vietnam's exports to key markets in the first five months of 2024 increased by 15% over the same period last year, in which fashion, furniture and household appliances led the recovery.

SK Ecoplant Co, an energy and environmental solutions provider from the Republic of Korea (RoK), said on June 11 that it has completed the installation of rooftop solar panels at Samil Vina plant in the southern province of Dong Nai.