The combination of rising output and consumption, alongside a moderate increase in inventories, suggests that industrial production continued to expand while demand remained relatively strong, which will support manufacturing in the final months of 2026.
The S&P Global Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers'' Index (PMI) ped to 51.9 in September from August''s reading of 53.3, but despite the fall, overall business conditions have now strengthened in each of the past 15 months.
Open-ended equity funds benefited from the strong recovery in the benchmark VN-Index in August, with some posting monthly gains of more than 10 per cent, according to data from fund distribution platform Fmarket.
There is virtually no room for further consumer price index (CPI) increases in the remaining months of the year, and ministries, sectors and localities must focus on effective price management.
Ten of the 11 groups of consumer goods and services in the CPI basket recorded price increases in August, while food and catering services was the only group to see a decline, edging down 0.03 per cent from the previous...
Despite the benchmark''s gain, trading activity weakened further. Total turnover across the market reached only about VNĐ14.4 trillion (US$546 million), down 9 per cent from the previous session.
Hải Phòng topped Việt Nam’s FTA Index 2025, becoming the only locality rated ''very good'' as the second annual assessment highlights progress in how provinces and cities implement trade commitments and help businesses tap into FTA opportunities.
For the January-July period, the IIP expanded to 11.4 per cent, marking the highest level recorded for the same period between 2019 and 2026, exceeding the 8.4 per cent growth in the first seven months of 2025, 8.5 per cent...
For the six-month period, housing, electricity, water, fuel and construction materials recorded the biggest increase among major spending categories, rising by 6.72 per cent from a year earlier.