Hà Nội plans to promote auctions of land use rights from now until 2020 to make effective use of land funds and meet the increasing demand of businesses and people.

State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has continuously bought in hard currencies in the past few months, raising the country’s foreign reserves to a record high of US$63 billion.

The Vietnamese Business Association in Japan convened its congress for the second tenure (2018-20) on May 6, seeking ways to better connect Vietnamese businesses.

Payments for e-commerce transactions must be made via banks or authorised payment intermediary services, according to the draft of the amended Law on Tax Management.

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed slashing 38 business conditions and simplifying 40 administrative procedures in the securities sector in its law review this year.

Việt Nam’s fruit and vegetable exports reached US$1.32 billion in the first four months of the year, a year-on-year increase of 30 per cent, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Market is expected to continue to experience a downward corrections this week as investors are still cautious ahead of bull traps with massive volatile upcoming trading sessions.

The 100ha plant, which has a total designed capacity of 3,200 MW, will be implemented in three phases. The first phase will be launched in 2018 and will start operation in late 2021 with a capacity of 1,000MW. The second and third phases will be completed in 2024 and 2027, with capacities of 1,000 and 1,200 MW, respectively.

In the majority of ASEAN households today the husband and wife both work and equally share household roles, and so brands need to adopt new marketing approaches that target couples, an ASEAN consumer forum heard in HCM City last Friday.