Vietnam

Bananas have been identified as a priority product under the Project for the Development of Key Fruit Crops to 2025, with a vision to 2030, approved in October 2022. Under the plan, banana acreage is projected to reach 165,000–175,000ha by 2030, with output of 2.6–3 million tonnes.

What began in supermarkets has flooded into alleyways, noodle stalls, corner shops and late-night food carts. The disappearance of loose change and slow cash hand-offs is translating directly into higher turnover for micro-merchants.

The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) is introducing targeted support packages to facilitate customer migration, ensuring seamless service continuity and straightforward upgrades to 4G/5G devices with Voice over LTE (VoLTE) capability. VoLTE technology offers superior HD voice quality and cuts call drop rates by more than 59% versus 2G.

The 12-member CPTPP covering Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the UK and Vietnam saw two-way trade with Vietnam reach 102.8 billion in the first 10 months of 2025, up 20.6% from a year earlier.

With expectations of a stronger investment environment and a continued push for transparency in real estate, the 2025-2026 period is viewed as a pivotal window for enterprises to restructure, raise capital and enhance competitiveness through high-quality M&A transactions.

In December, VinFast plans to begin deliveries of the mini EC Van and the four-seat Minio Green. This is expected to strengthen its presence in Vietnam’s fast-growing EV market

The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) has reported that total auto sales of its members in the first 11 months of 2025 hit 328,669 vehicles, up 6.5% year-on-year.

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), during the first nine months of 2025, bilateral trade via land border gates reached 5.9 billion USD, up 15.5% year on year. Vietnam’s exports increased 16.6% to 5.83 billion USD, mainly textiles, steel and aquatic products, while Cambodia exported rubber, cashew nuts, and other agricultural goods.

In November 2025, Vietnam’s aviation sector operated 14,821 on-time flights out of a total of 20,927 flights, achieving an average on-time performance (OTP) rate of 70.8%, an increase of 3 percentage points compared to the previous month.

As many as 36 Vietnamese enterprises engaged in the production, processing and export of agricultural products are taking part in a programme to promote Vietnamese farm produce at Food Africa 2025, organised by the Investment and Trade Promotion Centre of Ho Chi Minh City (ITPC).

According to a release by the Vietnamese private conglomerate, under the MoU, both parties will collaborate to explore strategic opportunities across key sectors such as smart urban development, electric mobility solutions, healthcare, education, tourism, renewable energy, charging infrastructure across approximately 2,500 hectares, as well as electric taxi services.

Vietnam’s seafood exports are likely to set a new record in 2025, reaching around 11.2-11.3 billion USD – the highest level to date.

Minister-Counsellor and Chargé d'Affaires at the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan Nguyen Sau stressed that as Vietnam is undergoing a period of strong transformation, Vietnamese enterprises in Japan serve as a pioneering force and a crucial bridge deepening the linkage between the two economies.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 25,155 VND/USD on December 9, up 3 VND from the previous day.

The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Finance estimated that 67,156 new vehicles, including both locally assembled and imported cars, were added to the market in November, up 17.1% from October.

Vietnam has become an “indispensable partner” in China’s production and trade network across Southeast Asia, said a professor from the Academy of Regional and Global Governance at the Beijing Foreign Studies University.

Vehicles transporting exports to the opposite country will return with imports after completing delivery. The pilot will run until December 9, 2026.

The service will operate daily, with flights departing Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City at 23:05 and arriving at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport at 2:50 the following day (local time).

Under the contract, the Vietnamese company will farm cashew and short-cycle crops such as peanut, black bean, mung bean, and soybean on an area of 2,000 ha in Artemisa province.

According to the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), by the end of the third quarter, outstanding green credit reached approximately 742.8 trillion VND (28.17 billion USD), up 5.5% compared to the second quarter and 9.3% from the end of 2024.