NDO - The capitalisation of Vietnam’s stock market has reached VND5.6 quadrillion (US$242.7 billion) as of the end of February 2021, equivalent to 90.3% of GDP, according to the State Securities Commission. 

NDO - The crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic marked a turning point in the digital transformation of many businesses, based on the core element of building a solid technological foundation and promoting technical innovation initiatives. 

NDO - Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings has revised Vietnam’s outlook from stable to positive, attributing its decision to the country’s growth and the resilience of public finances to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

NDO – Impressive figures on export growth to the EU market show that Vietnamese enterprises have initially approached and take advantage of opportunities arising from the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). However, this agreement is not the "universal key" for Vietnamese goods to be increasingly exported to this high potential but very difficult market. In order to continue to effectively implement EVFTA, Government, ministries, branches and especially the business community still have a lot of work to do. 

NDO – In the first three months of 2021, total investment capital, including newly licensed and adjusted industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City reached US$224.61, 40.84% of the plan, up 66.34% compared to 2020. 

NDO - Vietnam exported US$10.61 billion worth of agricultural, forestry and fishery products in the first quarter of 2021, up 19.7% compared with the same period last year. 

NDO – Since its arrival, the COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the import and export of Vietnamese goods through the border gates with China. 

NDO - Ho Chi Minh City’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.33% in March from the previous month and the average CPI in the first three months of the year rose 0.84% over the same period in 2020, according to the city’s Statistics Office. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam earned about US$1.52 billion from wood and forestry exports in March, raising the value in the first three months of this year to over US$3.94 billion, up 41.5% year-on-year. 

NDO/VNA - Vietnam will announce to the UK side its ratification of the UK-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) this month, so the deal can officially come into force from May 1. 

NDO – Vietnam’s trade balance posted positive in the first quarter of 2021, at US$2.03 billion, the General Statistics Office said on March 29. 

MDO/VNA – Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2021 is estimated to rise 4.48%, higher than 3.68% recorded in the same period last year, the General Statistics Office (GSO) General Director Nguyen Thi Huong reported at a press conference on March 29. 

NDO/VNA – The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in March inched up 1.16% from the same period last year, the lowest rise since 2016, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).