Business
Owning 33.6 billion USD, billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong is the richest person in Southeast Asia
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Vingroup Chairman Pham Nhat Vuong continues to lead the list of Southeast Asian richest billionaires with assets of 33.6 billion USD, far ahead of representatives from Thailand and Indonesia.
Buyers lost up to 6270.4 million VND/kg when buying at a peak silver price
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After the fever in January 2026, silver prices plummeted more than half, causing many investors who bought at peak prices to suffer heavy losses after just over 5 months.
Bank interest rates today July 2: 6-month term up to 7.2%
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Bank interest rates today July 2nd: 6-month term interest rate up to 7.2%/year. Summary of savings interest rates from more than 30 newest banks.
Promoting Vietnamese brands through rural industrial fairs in Da Nang
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Da Nang - The 2026 Rural Industrial Products Fair and Exhibition gathers 300 booths, promoting trade connections and brand promotion of Vietnamese brands.
Gold price update morning of July 2nd: Soaring in the night
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Gold price update morning of July 2: World gold prices surge, possibly pulling domestic gold prices up if this increase is maintained.
7 steps to switch from fixed tax to declaration for business households
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Millions of business households officially switch from fixed tax to declaration. The 7-step roadmap helps tax transparency but needs to clarify legal status.
Innovating the growth model - development requirements in the new context
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Vietnam's economy is facing three major challenges: middle-income traps, free trade traps, and processing traps. In addition, the pressure of declining growth and population aging is increasing, making the requirement to innovate the growth model more urgent than ever. To avoid falling into "big traps", Vietnam needs to create a sustainable development platform in the period 2026-2030.
Mekong Delta aspirations from fragrant rice and clean shrimp
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Rice plants hold an important position when accounting for 54% of the area and 58% of the country's rice output; rice exports from the whole region account for 93% of the country's output. Shrimp export area, output, and turnover are the top in the country.
Cai Lan Port loads over 180,000 tons per day at the beginning of 2026
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Quang Ninh - On the morning of January 1st, Cai Lan Port welcomed 6 international ships to cargo and load over 180,000 tons on the first day of 2026.
Pepper prices today January 1st: New Year starts at high prices
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Pepper price today 1.1: Domestic pepper enters the holiday season with high prices, in the same direction, international exchanges recorded new increases.
Gold shops bustling with transactions on New Year's Day
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On January 1st, domestic gold prices simultaneously decreased. Gold shops continued to limit the number of purchases, and people flocked to trade.
Silver price fluctuations 1.1: Price reduction pressure continues
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Silver price fluctuations 1.1: Adjustment pressure is covering the silver market, in the context that investors are becoming cautious about strong fluctuations.
Coffee prices today January 1st: Simultaneously increase on New Year's Day
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Coffee prices today, January 1, 2026: Domestic markets rebound on New Year's Day. World Robusta maintains a slight increase despite pressure from the USD.
Switching from inviting thinking to selecting high-quality FDI capital
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Throughout four decades of renovation, foreign direct investment (FDI) has played an important role in Vietnam's economic development. However, the global context is changing rapidly, with increasingly fierce competition to attract FDI capital, and increasing demands for a green economy, digitalization and innovation. Therefore, Vietnam not only needs "many FDI" but also needs to focus on attracting "correct and high-quality FDI" to ensure sustainable development in the future.
Live pig prices today January 1st: Slight decrease, still close to the 70,000 VND/kg mark
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Live pig prices today, January 1st, slightly decreased in some localities and fluctuated in the range of 62,000 - 69,000 VND/kg.
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Hanoi conducts general survey on revenue and profit of businesses
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Hanoi - The city has issued Plan No. 390/KH-UBND on the 2026 general economic survey.
Gold price today January 1st: Domestic gold continues to decline
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Gold price today January 1st: SJC gold bars and plain gold rings continued to fall sharply in today's trading session.
Need a new growth shirt
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A new growth level of Vietnam is gradually forming with improved quality in a volatile environment. And the new growth level is not only a higher GDP growth rate, but a growth structure based on productivity, quality, technology, green economy, digital economy, knowledge economy and the resilience of the entire system.
Gold and many precious metals prices fluctuate, Fed's role gradually weakens
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Gold and many precious metals prices fluctuated sharply. The regulatory role of monetary policy from the US Federal Reserve (Fed) is said to be gradually weakening.
Fields full of fish in flood season, farmers make a profit even if they don't grow rice
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Can Tho - Not producing rice during the flood season, farmers switch to farming fish in the fields, bringing clear economic efficiency, higher than rice cultivation.
