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Nha Trang Port handled 87 international cruise calls in 2024, a 34% recovery from pre-pandemic traffic. Ana Marina is adding 80 superyacht berths by mid-2026. Recruitment demand across the marine leisure and port logistics cluster rose 22%...
Ho Chi Minh City processed over 4.2 billion digital payment transactions in the first three quarters of 2024, representing 58% of Vietnam's total digital payment volume. The city hosts roughly 65% of the country's 156 licensed fintech...
Can Tho welcomed 4.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, generating approximately USD 200 million in direct tourism revenue. River-centric tourism, anchored by the Cai Rang Floating Market and the Ninh Kieu waterfront, accounted for 55% of...
Can Tho's agro-processing and aquaculture export cluster generated roughly $2 billion in export turnover through 2024 and is targeting $2.3 to $2.5 billion by the end of 2026. Two new deep-processing facilities in Hưng Phú Industrial Zone...
Khánh Hòa Province approved three new seafood processing facility licences in the final quarter of 2024, even as its existing plants operated at just 68% utilisation due to inconsistent raw material supply. The province's aquaculture and...
Khanh Hoa Province surpassed its pre-pandemic visitor volumes in 2024. International arrivals hit 1.2 million in the first nine months alone. The Marriott Nha Trang opened its doors in late 2025, Vinpearl expanded its Sealink Villas...
Dong Nai province attracted $2.41 billion in foreign direct investment in the first nine months of 2024, with plastics, chemicals, and rubber products comprising roughly 18% of manufacturing FDI value. Bien Hoa, the provincial capital,...
Dong Nai Province attracted $2.1 billion in foreign direct investment in the first eleven months of 2024, ranking third nationally. Bien Hoa, the province's economic centre, reported 100% occupancy in its oldest industrial parks and 98% in...
Đồng Nai Province approved 2,100 hectares of new industrial land for development through 2025 and 2026. During the same period, Bien Hoa Port's cargo handling capacity increased by less than 25%. The road network connecting the province's...
Can Tho welcomed 4.2 million overnight visitors in 2023, generating approximately USD 200 million in direct tourism revenue. River-centric tourism, anchored by the Cai Rang Floating Market and the Ninh Kieu waterfront, accounted for 55% of...
Can Tho's agro-processing and aquaculture export cluster generated roughly $2 billion in export turnover through 2024 and is targeting $2.3 to $2.5 billion by the end of 2026. Two new deep-processing facilities in Hưng Phú Industrial Zone...
Can Tho's logistics sector processed 18.7 million tonnes of cargo in 2024, generating VND 12.4 trillion in direct revenue. Cold-chain operations accounted for 28% of that figure, fuelled by the Mekong Delta's USD 6.2 billion agricultural...
Da Nang now possesses convention infrastructure that rivals cities three times its size. The Ariyana Convention Centre alone hosted 147 international conferences in 2024. Ba Na Hills pulled 5.8 million visitors through its gates in the...
Da Nang's six industrial zones passed 89% average occupancy in 2024. Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone exceeded 95%. The city's electronics exporters account for 42% of industrial zone export value, anchored by Jabil Circuit, Flex Ltd, and Terumo...
Da Nang's outsourcing sector entered 2026 on a trajectory that looks, from a distance, like unqualified success. Software and digital content exports have been growing at 18 to 22 per cent annually. The city's technology workforce has...
Hai Phong's port system processed 7.9 million TEUs in 2024. That figure represented 11.7% year-on-year container growth, placing the city among the fastest-expanding port complexes in Southeast Asia. Lạch Huyện deep-water terminal alone...
Hai Phong's major electronics assemblers cut per-unit labour inputs by 30% between 2022 and 2024 through Industry 4.0 automation programmes. LG Electronics, Pegatron, and Canon collectively invested billions in robotic integration, smart...
Hai Phong's automotive corridor absorbed $1.2 billion in capital expenditure in 2024. Component localisation increased by two percentage points. That single contrast tells you nearly everything you need to know about where this market...
Hanoi's three state-owned telecommunications operators collectively hold 95.4% of Vietnam's mobile subscription market. Viettel, VNPT, and MobiFone are headquartered within fifteen kilometres of each other in a city that functions as the...
Hanoi's software and IT services sector crossed $10 billion in export value in 2026, cementing the city's position as Vietnam's primary technology production base. FPT Corporation, CMC Corporation, Samsung R&D Institute Vietnam, and...
Vietnam's government has mandated that locally assembled electric vehicles achieve 30% domestic value-added content by 2026. Meeting that target requires establishing eight to ten major component suppliers in the Hanoi to Hai Phong...
Ho Chi Minh City processed over 4.2 billion digital payment transactions in the first three quarters of 2024, representing 58% of Vietnam's total digital payment volume. The city hosts roughly 65% of the country's 156 licensed fintech...
Ho Chi Minh City generated an estimated $8.9 billion in software and IT services revenue in 2024. The city hosts over 310,000 ICT professionals. Samsung expanded its R&D operations with a $220 million commitment. FPT Software planned to...
Ho Chi Minh City's logistics sector processed nearly 4.9 million TEUs through the Cat Lai terminal complex alone in 2024. The five provinces surrounding the city handle roughly 70% of Vietnam's total containerised cargo. E-commerce...
Hue's tourism economy recovered to roughly 85-90% of pre-COVID revenue capacity through 2025, with the Imperial City and its associated monuments generating VND 1.2 trillion in ticket revenue during 2024 alone. International flights now...
Thua Thien Hue province welcomed 2.4 million heritage site visitors in 2024, recovering to 92% of pre-pandemic peaks. Souvenir demand tracked close behind. Yet the artisan workforce producing those goods contracted by an estimated 18 to...
Thua Thien Hue Province sits on Southeast Asia's largest brackish water lagoon system. The Tam Giang and Cau Hai lagoons stretch across roughly 22,000 hectares, producing shrimp, clams, and crab that feed a seafood processing sector worth...
Nha Trang Port handled 87 international cruise calls in 2024, a 34% recovery from pre-pandemic traffic. Ana Marina is adding 80 superyacht berths by mid-2026. Recruitment demand across the marine leisure and port logistics cluster rose 22%...
Khánh Hòa Province approved three new seafood processing facility licences in the final quarter of 2024, even as its existing plants operated at just 68% utilisation due to inconsistent raw material supply. The province's aquaculture and...
Khanh Hoa Province surpassed its pre-pandemic visitor volumes in 2024. International arrivals hit 1.2 million in the first nine months alone. The Marriott Nha Trang opened its doors in late 2025, Vinpearl expanded its Sealink Villas...
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