Việt Nam News

Businesses in Cần Thơ City have asked for favourable financial policies to help them recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

The Prime Minister has requested the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) propose suitable management solutions for solar power projects.

The Ministry of Construction’s proposal to allow foreigners to buy tourism property developments in Việt Nam needs careful consideration, experts have said.

Việt Nam needed to focus on developing the infrastructure system of industrial zones (IZs) to draw clean and quality foreign direct investment (FDI) in the context of the global production shift, heard a conference on Friday in Hà Nội.

Shares eked out gains on Friday buoyed by the upswing of the aquaculture stock group and cash flow injected into a number of mid-cap and small-cap stocks.

As economies are being ravaged by the pandemic COVID-19, local companies are trying to secure cash to prepare for a rough period ahead

Thailand has stopped imposing anti-dumping tariffs on some import steel from Việt Nam since June 7, 2020, the Trade Remedies Authority of Việt Nam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade in partnership with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) – a member of the World Bank Group – Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) on Friday in Hà Nội officially launched the database of Vietnamese manufacturing and support industries.

Although the Europe - Việt Nam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) is great news for Vietnamese businesses, we should not expect too much as the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging in Europe.

The National Assembly on Friday approved a resolution that will turn three public private partnership (PPP) sub-projects of the North-South Highway to public-invested.

Việt Nam and New Zealand expect to meet a NZD2.5 billion (US$1.7 billion) bilateral trade and service turnover target this year as the two countries have opportunities to boost economic co-operation.

According to the Ministry of Construction (MoC), the building material industry has been invested in, innovated and developed well in the past year.

The Embassy of Israel in Việt Nam and the People's Committee of Cà Mau Province has signed an economic co-operation agreement.

Economist Võ Trí Thành said that to adapt to the trend of restructuring the global supply chain caused by the pandemic, Vietnamese businesses must focus on innovation and utilise digital transformation to bring products to market.

The agreement will replace current bilateral agreements on investments between Việt Nam and 21 countries in the European Union. The NA recognises and enables the enforcement of final judgements issued by a dispute settlement institution, designated to settle investment disputes between Việt Nam and the EU as well as EU’s members. 

Gelex is planning to raise its ownership in Viglacera to the controlling level of 51 per cent

Shares managed only modest gain thanks to the support of heavyweight stocks but low liquidity still showed investors’ cautiousness.

The Việt Nam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) forecasts Việt Nam's gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 5.3 per cent for this year in its annual Việt Nam economic report 2020 released on June 17 in Hà Nội.