Tag Archives: Vietnam news

Vietnam-Singapore trade hits record $31B in 2025

Container truck seen at HCMC’s Cat Lai Port. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Singapore reached a record high of nearly S$40 billion (US$31.1 billion) last year. That marked a 26.2% increase from the previous peak of S$31.67 billion in 2024, the Vietnam Trade Office in Singapore said, citing data from Singapore’s Accounting […]

Which Vietnam airport is among 50 most connected globally?

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC ranked 45th globally among the world’s 50 most connected airports last year, a report has shown. This is a jump from the 54th place in 2024 for the airport, which offers over 8,300 possible connections to 94 destinations worldwide, according to the United Kingdom-based OAG, an aviation data […]

New airline enters Vietnam’s aviation market with $11.4M in charter capital

Planes at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran A new carrier, Crystal Bay Airlines, has joined Vietnam’s aviation market with a charter capital of VND300 billion (US$11.4 million). The firm was established on Nov. 6, 2025, and operates in 51 business sectors, with its main focus being air passenger transportation, according to […]

Vietnam eyes $11.5B seafood exports in 2026

Workers place fillets of fish to freeze at a factory in Can Tho, southern Vietnam. Photo by Reuters Vietnam aims to export over 10 million tonnes of seafood worth US$11.5 billion this year. This would mark a 0.6% increase in volume from 2025, said Pham Quang Toan, deputy director general of the Department of Fisheries […]

Vietnam becomes Singapore’s 3rd largest seafood supplier as exports gain momentum

A fisherman works on a boat in southern Ca Mau Province. Photo by VnExpress/An Minh Vietnam has seen strong growth in seafood exports to Singapore over the last two years, becoming the city-state’s third-largest seafood supplier in the first nine months of 2025. Statistics from Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority show that Vietnam had […]

Vietnam’s main holiday season to be hit by cut in shopping budgets

Consumers seem set to tighten their purse strings this Lunar New Year amid surging prices of essential items caused by a string of natural disasters this year. Ngoc Anh’s family in HCMC will not spend much during the nine-day festival in February 2026. “If I get a large year-end bonus, we might spend a little […]

Vingroup pulls out of race to build north-south high-speed railway

The planned route of the North-South high-speed rail. Graphics by VnExpress/Hoang Khanh Vingroup, the conglomerate owned by Vietnam’s richest billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, has withdrawn its bid to build the north-south high-speed rail. The company said Thursday that the decision is meant to help focus its resources on other key infrastructure projects that have already […]

Hanoi approves Vingroup plan for Olympic sports complex with world’s second-largest stadium

Authorities have approved a master site plan for an Olympic-standard sports complex to be developed by Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup, featuring a 135,000-seat stadium that would become the second-largest in the world. Planned for a 411-hectare site in Hanoi’s southern part, the complex is designed to meet the requirements for hosting major international events, including the […]

Vietnam earns over $1.5B from pepper export in 11 months

Vietnam had exported around 225,000 tonnes of pepper as of the end of November, earning more than US$1.5 billion in revenue. Although the export volume fell by 4.4% year-on-year, the turnover rose by 24.4% thanks to improved demand and persistently high export prices, according to the Vietnam Pepper and Spice Association (VPSA). A person holds […]

Vietnam posts $20.5B trade surplus in 11 months

Containers at Tan Vu – Hai Phong port in northern Vietnam, July 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy Vietnam posted a trade surplus of US$20.53 billion in the first 11 months of this year, according to the National Statistics Office. Vietnam recorded trade surpluses of $35.6 billion with the EU, up 10.4%; and $2 billion with […]