Electricity of Viet Nam (EVN) on December 20 inaugurated the Lai Chau hydro-electricity plant in Nam Nhun District in the northern mountain province of Lai Chau.

Ha Noi People's Committee has registered to offload its entire stake of over eight million shares in furniture maker Xuan Hoa Viet Nam Joint Stock Company on December 20-30.

Việt Nam Sea Products Import-Export Joint Stock Corporation (Seaprodex) will trade all its125 million shares on the Unlisted Public Company Market (UPCoM) on December 23.

PV Trans has witnessed the highest growth in production and business results over 14 years of building and developing the corporation, converting an enterprise facing several difficulties into a success business, PV Trans general director Phạm Việt Anh has said.

Korean strawberries have officially been licensed to be imported into Việt Nam by aT Centre Hà Nội, under the Korea Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

PJ’s Coffee, a US chain, has opened its second outlet in HCM City on Nguyen Co Thach Street in District 2.

The national flag carrier, Vietnam Airlines, has opened a general sales agent in Prague, the Czech Republic, a step to prepare for opening a direct route from Hà Nội to Prague in the near future.

Russia and Viet Nam’s oil and gas exploration joint venture, Vietsovpetro, will ship ashore around 1.6 billion cu.m of gas this year, 27 per cent more than its annual target.

THAI event-management company Index Creative Village has secured a five-year agreement with Vietnamese government and tourism bodies to develop unoccupied areas of Hoi An into a world-class economic-tourism city, aiming to generate at least Bt100 million during the life of the contract.