Vietnam's export value saw a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent to an estimated $82.9 billion in the first four months of this year, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

 VietNamNet Bridge – At least 15 enterprises at industrial parks (IPs) and export processing zones (EPZs) in HCMC are unlikely to offer their employees bonuses for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) due to financial difficulties.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of workers lost their jobs this year as companies closed en masse, creating a rise in unemployment that isn't expected to end any time soon.

VietNamNet Bridge – The public relations industry in Viet Nam has huge potential to develop, but a legal framework and code of practice are needed to ensure healthy development of the industry, according to experts.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The country had a trade surplus of US$1.46 billion by July 15, according to statistics from the General Department of Customs.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Socio-economic goals set at the beginning of the year should not be changed despite several challenges facing the country, participants at a Government meeting said on July 1.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Industry and Trade said there had been 12 groups of products with export revenue exceeding US$1 billion in the first five months of this year and these goods had generated combined outbound sales

Almost all technologies being transferred in Vietnam are of the same advanced level or better than existing ones in the country, but they do not compare well with those in other regional nations, according to a survey.