After a six-week rally, Vietnam’s stock market finally experienced a notable pullback during the week of July 28 to August 1, 2025. The VN-Index fell below the psychological 1,500-point mark, closing at 1,495.21, down 2.35% from the previous week. Meanwhile, the HNX-Index maintained its upward momentum, gaining 4.07% to end at 264.93 points. The market saw record-breaking liquidity, suggesting strong profit-taking pressure as major stocks corrected.

Dong Nai Province is poised to make a major push in industrial infrastructure, with plans to simultaneously break ground on three large-scale industrial parks adjacent to Long Thanh International Airport on August 19. Covering a total area of approximately 2,250 hectares, these projects are expected to mark a turning point in investment attraction and economic development in Vietnam’s southern key economic region.

Retail gas prices in Vietnam have continued their downward trend into August 2025, marking the third consecutive month of reductions. This ongoing decline follows the global market trend and provides much-needed financial relief to both households and businesses amid persistent cost pressures.

On July 31, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance, announced an upward adjustment in retail fuel prices. The price of RON 95-III gasoline—the most widely used fuel in the country—increased by VND 140 per liter to VND 19,840. E5 RON 92 also rose by VND 130, now priced at VND 19,400 per liter.

A large-scale healthcare project has been unveiled, attracting significant public attention not only due to its investment capital of over VND 1.33 trillion (approximately USD 55 million), but also because of its high-profile stakeholders: “Shark” Nguyen Thanh Viet – Chairman of Intracom, and Pham Thi Kieu Oanh – a 2001-born CEO representing the new generation of entrepreneurs.

As of July 27, Vietnam’s coffee market continues to see bullish domestic prices, defying the downward trend in global coffee futures. The price gap between local and international markets has widened significantly, with domestic Robusta trading approximately VND 12,000/kg higher than the London exchange.

While Vietnam’s domestic hot-rolled coil (HRC) producers like Hoa Phat and Formosa are selling out fast, imported HRC continues to struggle due to uncompetitive pricing—especially as Chinese offers surge following a bullish run on the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

The European Commission (EC) has officially imposed anti-dumping duties on hot-rolled steel products imported from Vietnam, Japan, and Egypt, concluding a nearly year-long investigation. For Vietnam, the dumping margin is set between 0% and 12.1%, matching the preliminary findings published in April 2025.

Over 43,000 bondholders involved in the high-profile Van Thinh Phat case are expected to receive a total of nearly VND 8.7 trillion in the first round of court-mandated restitution by July 15, 2025—marking one of the largest civil enforcement operations ever undertaken in Ho Chi Minh City.

The U.S. dollar continued to weaken during the week of June 9–13, 2025, despite a brief rebound driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Market sentiment was largely shaped by softer-than-expected U.S. inflation data, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve may soon begin a rate-cutting cycle.

In the final week of May (May 26–30), the U.S. dollar rebounded on the international market after a sharp decline the previous week. The recovery was largely driven by renewed concerns over trade tensions between the United States and China, following statements from President Donald Trump.

Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) participated in the “Digital Transformation in Banking 2025” event hosted by the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV), under the theme "Smart Digital Ecosystems in a New Era." The event welcomed the attendance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong, Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas, alongside leaders of ministries, commercial banks, international organizations, and financial industry experts.