Ride-hailing firm Uber on Tuesday entered into a co-operation deal with the Việt Nam Youth Federation (VYF), a social organisation of Vietnamese youths aided by the government to mentor start-ups.

The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) will offer preferential loans up to a total of VNĐ10 trillion (US$439 million) this year to support high-tech agricultural businesses.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Văn Tùng is taking part in the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2017 (GEC 2017), which opened in Johannesburg, South Africa on Tuesday.

It will take another five to 15 years for Vietnamese entrepreneurs can become global business leaders, according to a study by the Human Capital Leadership Institute.

Construction of a new terminal at Đà Nẵng International Airport is mostly completed and a trial operation is scheduled for April 25 - 28, said Lê Khắc Hồng, General Director of the Đà Nẵng International Terminal Investment and Operation on March 13.

Central Quảng Ngãi Province's authorities and relevant sectors are racing against time to clear sites for several giant projects in Dung Quất Economic Zone, which will be executed this year.

The drop in import tax on cars from ASEAN countries has led a hike in car imports to Viet Nam in the first two months of this year, especially from Thailand.

A footwear and leather export promotion conference, themed “Increasing business and export capacity for Vietnamese footwear and leather enterprises,” is organised on March 15 in HCM City.

The Mekong Innovative Startup Tourism (MIST) on Thursday announced two incubation programmes to support innovative tourism firms in Việt Nam, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.