For the first time, Đồng Nai’s state budget revenue has surpassed 3.8 billion USD, marking a key milestone as it positions itself as a rising growth centre and infrastructure hotspot in southern Việt Nam.
Heritage gives local products a distinctive story, but for them to be successful, the market demands more. From reliable quality to clear information and convenient ways to buy, producers making local specialities are developing new strategies to turn heritage into value.
Can Tho is setting its sights on double-digit growth. To reach this goal, the urban hub of Vietnam’s Mekong Delta needs more than its traditional growth drivers. Industry must move up the value chain, trade must expand into new markets, logistics must become more efficient, and technology must help boost productivity.
Vietnamese businesses are strengthening their technological capabilities by developing energy-efficient solutions locally and reducing reliance on imported equipment. From manufacturing advanced brushless motors to creating IoT software for air-conditioning optimisation, local firms are making high-tech products more accessible. These efforts align with national goals to build an independent, self-reliant energy industry while significantly cutting power consumption across Vietnam.
China aims to strengthen both the quality and scale of its small and medium-sized enterprises, or SMEs, by 2030. Under a newly released development plan for 2026–2030, Beijing aims to have around 22,000 “little giant” firms, high-performing SMEs with advanced technologies that can lead the wider sector.
From cornfields harvested early in Germany and sun-scorched vineyards in France to drought-hit grasslands in Belgium, this summer is making one change increasingly clear across European agriculture. Climate change is not only reducing yields, but also forcing farmers to rethink what they grow, when they grow it, and how they farm.
Around 6 billion e-commerce parcels entered the European Union in 2025. The rapid growth in volume is putting increasing pressure on customs authorities and raising the risk of non-compliant goods entering the market. The Council of the European Union has now approved the bloc’s biggest customs reform in decades, with one major change: responsibility for goods sold online will shift from consumers to importers and e-commerce platforms themselves.