The Hà Nội Stock Exchange (HNX) has announced an additional 17 shares subject to alert, supervision and trading suspension.

The Government earned VNĐ198 trillion (US$8.49 billion) from divestment and privatisation of State-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the past three years.

The Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam (SBV) has issued a document requesting its branches in provinces and cities to improve the operation of financial companies, complying with the regulations and ensuring the legitimate interests of customers.

Chairman of Hà Tĩnh People’s Committee Đặng Quốc Khánh has signed a decision approving the construction of Haivina Hồng Lĩnh Garment factory at Nam Hồng Industrial Zone.

The National Office of Intellectual Property of Việt Nam on Saturday granted a trademark protection certificate for Sơn Tra, or H’mông, apple (scientific name docynia indica) in northern mountainous Sơn La province’s Bắc Yên District.

The construction of a solar power plant, capitalised at VNĐ1 trillion (nearly US$44 million) kicked off on Sunday in the southern province of Bình Thuận.

The rapid and stable growth of tourism has become a magnet for tourism property projects in the central city of Đà Nẵng over the past decade, and revenue from the ‘green’ industry contributed nearly 30 per cent of the tourism hub’s Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in 2017.

Việt Nam has experienced unprecedented growth in the hospitality sector. Most hotels and resorts have high occupancy rates and construction of many new ones is underway. Việt Nam News reporter Thu Hằng asks Ken Atkinson, executive chairman of Grant Thornton Vietnam Ltd. and vice chairman of the Việt Nam Tourism Advisory Board, about how hotel and real estate developers can grab the opportunities arising in the hospitality and travel markets.

With its still huge untapped potential, the Vietnamese hospitality market has become a hot destination for many local and foreign investors. Việt Nam News reporters Thu Ngân and Vũ Hoa spoke with experts from consultancy and companies to ask about the potential of the market, foreign investment flows and how to develop it further.