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Top personal income tax rate should be capped at 25%: experts

The draft amended Personal Income Tax (PIT) Law proposes reducing the progressive tax brackets from seven to five, while maintaining the highest tax rate at 35 percent for taxable income above VND100 million per month.

Low down-payments, high profits: housing policy favors investors over buyers

The policy of paying 10 percent upfront and deferring debt for five years raises a serious question: Is it truly an opportunity for homebuyers or just fertile land for speculators?

Vietnam ends gold monopoly, allows banks back into bullion market

Vietnam will allow commercial banks to produce and import gold bars from October 10 under new government regulations.

Vietnam’s exporters face pivotal test with new US tariffs

A 20% U.S. tax forces Vietnamese firms to restructure strategies, improve product origin traceability, and explore new markets.

Vietnam hits record FDI since 2009, $12bil. boosts industrial real estate

Vietnam attracted nearly $12 billion in manufacturing FDI in H1 2025, the highest since 2009, driving growth in industrial real estate.

Vietnam’s crypto boom tops $100bil. in offshore trades

Over 17 million Vietnamese are trading cryptocurrency abroad, prompting the government to push for a regulated domestic crypto market.

Multi-level marketing pays $108M in commissions despite membership drop

Vietnam’s MLM industry paid out $108 million in commissions in early 2025, even as new memberships declined and revenues dipped.

Trade defense warning for Vietnam’s hot export sectors

Steel, furniture, and electronics from Vietnam are increasingly targeted in global trade defense measures due to rapid export growth.

Permanent Deputy PM calls for prominent incentives for int’l financial centre

The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 1646/QD-TTg dated August 1, 2025, establishing the Steering Committee on the International Financial Centre in Vietnam.

From pandemic loss to global export: 9X revives family lantern craft

After losing everything during COVID-19, a young man returns home to build a lantern business with over $82,000 in annual revenue.

New rules on big money transfers to take effect on November 1

Domestic electronic transfers worth 500 million VND (over 18,900 USD) or more, and international electronic transfers of 1,000 USD (or the equivalent in foreign currency) or above, will have to be reported to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV).

Vietnam’s cashew export target of 4.5 billion USD within reach

If the current momentum is maintained and exports are boosted in the remaining peak months, particularly during the festive season, the 4.5 billion USD goal is within reach, said the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Vietnam’s fruit, vegetable exports estimated at 6.11 billion USD in nine months

Vietnam’s fruit and vegetable exports are estimated to reach more than 6.11 billion USD in the first nine months of 2025, marking a year-on-year increase of 8.3%, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment.

Electronics lead Vietnam’s trade, with China the largest supplier

Computers, electronic products and components continued to dominate Vietnam’s trade in August, both in exports and imports, according to the Department of Customs under the Ministry of Finance.

PM orders stronger actions to accelerate public capital disbursement

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed an official dispatch on September 21, outlining key tasks and solutions to speed up public investment disbursement this year.

Billions on paper: Vietnam’s LNG power ambitions stalled by policy bottlenecks

Vietnam’s Power Development Plan VIII placed strong emphasis on liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a transitional energy source to gradually replace coal-fired power and ensure energy security amid the shift to renewables.

Vietnam surpasses China and the EU to become global EV phenomenon

With explosive EV adoption and record sales, Vietnam emerges as a global electric vehicle leader in 2025.

Vietnam’s high-speed railway: The engine of a new era

Vietnam sees its rail investment as a chance to boost domestic manufacturing and join global supply chains.

Vietnamese businesses actively seek Russian partners at trade forum

Vietnamese products are now well known among Russian consumers and there are no legal barriers for Vietnamese goods in Russia, as Russian authorities always advocate for closer business ties.

Lecturer’s startup sparked by seeing burning leaves in a pineapple field

Few people would imagine that the entrepreneurial journey of a university lecturer began with the image of pineapple leaves withering and burning in a field.