Business News

The monthly statistical data presents current economic and social statistics on a variety of subjects illustrating crucial economic trends and developments, including production of agriculture, forestry and fishery, business registration situation, investment, government revenues and expenditures, trade, prices, transport and tourism and so on.

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• Decree 70/2025/ND-CP on invoices and documents - effective 1st June 2025
• Law on Value-Added Tax - effective 1st June 2025

Vietnamese telecom service operators are accelerating the development of 5G infrastructure, part of the effort to achieve the goal of nationwide 5G coverage by 2030. Statistics of the Ministry of Science and Technology showed that a total of 11,591 5G base transceiver stations (BTS) have been installed as of early May, covering around 26 per cent of the population. 

Special mechanisms and policies will be implemented to foster the development of the private sector. Under Government Resolution No. 139/NQ-CP, ministries, sectors and localities are tasked with implementing tasks in addition to their regular duties. One of the plan's core objectives is to improve the business environment by reviewing and removing unnecessary, overlapping, and inconsistent business conditions that hinder private sector growth. This review must be completed no later than 31 December 2025.

In April 2025, Vietnam’s economy showed signs of strain amid mounting external pressures, particularly after the U.S. announced the imposition of new tariff rates on a wide range of Vietnamese goods. The World Bank revised its 2025 growth forecast for Vietnam down to 5.8%, citing weakened global demand and Vietnam’s high trade dependency on key partners like the U.S. and China.

A new wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) is unfolding in Việt Nam’s financial sector, as commercial banks and securities firms accelerate their push into investment banking and asset management. The movement has intensified during the 2025 annual general meeting season. Among the most high-profile developments is Sacombank’s move to invest up to VNĐ1.5 trillion (US$57.8 million) in acquiring a controlling stake of over 50 per cent in a securities company.

The Vietnamese auto market is showing signs of a solid rebound in the early months of 2025, with both sales volume and consumer sentiment on the rise after a sluggish period in the previous year. Việt Nam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) members saw total vehicle sales of 29,585 units in April, the association said. 

Though capital flows into open-end funds have shown signs of weakening, amid investors' caution over the US tariff change, such fund is the only group that has continuously maintained net inflows since the fourth quarter of 2023. According to Đỗ Hồng Vân, Head of the financial data provider FiinGroup’s Data Analysis Division, equity funds suffered the strongest capital withdrawal pressure.