ABO/NDO- UK bank Standard Chartered has revised its growth forecast for Vietnam in 2024 from 6.7% to 6%, citing slower-than-expected growth in the first quarter and challenges from global trade.

ABO/NDO- Vietnam is an attractive destination for foreign investors thanks to its high, stable growth, large domestic market and young, well-educated human resources.

ABO/NDO- Ambassador to Italy Duong Hai Hung has congratulated Vietnamese enterprises - the Ho Chi Minh City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) and the Handicraft and Wood Industry Association of HCM City (HAWA).

ABO/NDO- Vietnam has for the first time surpassed India and Thailand to become the largest rice exporter to Singapore by shipping 36.15 million SGD (26.55 million USD) worth of rice in the first three months of this year.

ABO/NDO- Japanese and Vietnamese investors of The One World urban area project in the southern province of Binh Duong received in-principal approval at a ceremony in the locality on April 17.

ABO/NDO- The Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) opened the Vietnam National Brand Week 2024 in Hanoi on April 16.

ABO/NDO- A conference held in Ha Long city in the northern province of Quang Ninh on April 15 provided a panorama of Vietnam's private economic sector, and how to turn it into an important driving force of the socialist-oriented market economy.

ABO/NDO- Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi, on April 15, for a two-day business trip to meet notable content creators and app developers on App Store.

ABO/NDO- The number of digital publications issued in 2023 rose 19.4% year-on-year to 4,000 titles with around 36 million copies, according to the Ministry of Information and Communications' Authority of Publication, Printing and Distribution (APPD).