With the current increase in trade between ASEAN and Korea, the goal of increasing it to US$200 billion is expected to be achieved before the 2020 deadline, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Avoiding wasted investments, speeding up administrative reforms and improving social conditions are needed for sustained development, National Assembly deputies said yesterday at a session devoted to socio-economic progress.

Masan Group Corporation (MSN) plans to buy all outstanding common shares in Masan Resource Corporation (MSR), the largest tungsten  firm in the world, through its wholly-owned subsidiary.

Plastic firms in Việt Nam face fierce competition and risk being acquired by foreign companies, experts said Wednesday at a conference in HCM City.

Researchers have urged that the legal framework on specialised checks on imports and exports be improved for compatibility with commitments to the European Union-Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA).

State budget revenues amounted to VNĐ821 trillion (US$36.5 billion) in the first ten months of 2016, a year-on-year rise of 6.1 per cent.

The Việt Nam and EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) offers tremendous opportunities for both Vietnamese and European producers to find growing markets for higher quality products, said EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan at a seminar held in Hà Nội yesterday.

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) Nguyễn Kim Anh has asked the banking sector to enhance efforts to improve access to banking services for the economy.

Việt Nam News reporter Ngọc Bích talks to Nguyễn Thị Nga, who has been honoured to be one of only two business people from the ASEAN region receiving the “ASEAN Entrepreneur Award”. She is now the chairwoman of the BRG Group JSC and the Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank).